NONCOMMISSIONED • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Noncommissioned

... hour, unaccompanied, however, by any escort. Either the Commandant had forgotten the matter, or his men had overslept themselves. In the outskirts, we were stopped by a sentry, who carried our pass to a guard-house, where a noncommissioned officer inspected it by the light of a lantern. Then on we went again for another furlong or so, when we were once more challenged, this time by the German advanced-post. As we resumed our journey, we perceived, in the rear, a small party of ...

— My Days of Adventure - The Fall of France, 1870-71 • Ernest Alfred Vizetelly