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N.C.O.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Noncommissioned Officer.


NCO British  

abbreviation

  1. noncommissioned officer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The sergeant tucked the small pistol, a .22-caliber revolver, into the inside pocket of his sport coat and entered the base club for noncommissioned officers like himself — known as the N.C.O.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019

“That was all based off being an N.C.O., going to a meeting, conversing with people.”

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2015

Instead, they spent those years training soldiers, which, they assert, was perfect experience for running the N.C.O. academy and the drill sergeant school.

From New York Times • May 22, 2012

"If stones hit the window," says the tough-looking Soviet N.C.O. who escorts us, "duck your head down."

From Time Magazine Archive

The latter N.C.O. displayed the greatest courage throughout the fight.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.