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.

Origin of enlisted man

1
First recorded in 1715–25

Words Nearby enlisted man

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How to use enlisted man in a sentence

  • There are more uncertainties than anything else, except hard work, in the life of an enlisted man.

  • Experience has proven that you cannot fraternize with an enlisted man one minute and then punish him for misconduct the next.

    The Plattsburg Manual | O.O. Ellis and E.B. Garey

British Dictionary definitions for enlisted man

enlisted man

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

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