military officer,
officer any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
lance corporal an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
p.o.,
petty officer,
po a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
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noncommissioned officer -
A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government; as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.