Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation noncommissioned officer
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- initialism electronics Number Controlled Oscillator.
- initialism military
non-commissioned officer .
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Examples
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This camp will be very good, if the new German NCO is up to his task.
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Ashley was on his way to retrieve an NCO from a local work detail.
Bane Ashley 2010
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The NCO is part of another America — an America that the media elite is blind to and alienated from.
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The NCO is part of another America — an America that the media elite is blind to and alienated from.
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That's why we have things called NCO's that will square him away after training.
A Soldier's Story: Army recruit blogs on Christmas leave 2009
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He – the NCO, that is – complains about a continuing shortfall of equipment.
Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007
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Four hundred million times a year, employees of a little-known company called NCO dial the telephone "just to talk."
ScrippsNews 2009
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Four hundred million times a year, employees of a little-known company called NCO dial the telephone "just to talk."
ScrippsNews 2009
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Four hundred million times a year, employees of a little-known company called NCO dial the telephone "just to talk."
ScrippsNews 2009
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"The NCO is the key to our success during training and deployment," said Wood.
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