enlisted man

noun

1. any member of the U.S. armed services who is not a commissioned officer or a warrant officer, especially one ranking below a noncommissioned officer or a petty officer.

enlisted man

noun

1. a serviceman who holds neither a commission nor a warrant and is not under training for officer rank as a cadet or midshipman

Word History and Origins

Origin of enlisted man¹

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

Dean Shockley was a young enlisted man at Malmstrom serving in the base’s 341st maintenance group, where he worked on the missile silos from 1987 to 1989 - the same time frame that Fawcett Sr. was an officer there.

From Washington Times

In the story, an envious officer sets a trap for a popular enlisted man, triggering tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times

Officially, the military had me down as an enlisted man who’d signed up for a hitch in the Navy and had gotten himself attached to MCB 71, a Mobile Construction Battalion, the Seabees.

From Seattle Times

To remind today’s SEALs about the essence of their mission, Howard gives them a copy of the Constitution and a letter he wrote with Force Master Chief Bill King, his top enlisted man.

From Washington Post

After learning of Mr. Cleland’s anguish from a History Channel documentary, a Marine who had witnessed the explosion got in touch with Mr. Cleland and explained that the grenade had belonged to a young enlisted man — “a walking time bomb,” as Mr. Cleland put it — who had lengthened the pins on his grenades in a misguided effort to make them easier to use in combat.

From Washington Post