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Commissionship :: Commissionship (n.) The office of commissioner.

Cadetship :: Cadetship (n.) The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship..

Officer :: Officer (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer..

Legacy :: Legacy (n.) A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like..

Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics..

Subaltern :: Subaltern (n.) A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain..

Accessary :: Accessary (n.) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense..

Havildar :: Havildar (n.) In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant..

Wardroom :: Wardroom (n.) A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom.

Factorage :: Factorage (n.) The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission..

Commission :: Commission (v. t.) To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer..

Cadet :: Cadet (n.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission..

Consistory :: Consistory (n.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.

Husbandage :: Husbandage (n.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.

Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..

Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce..

Striped :: Stripe (n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.

Commissional :: Commissional (a.) Alt. of Commissionar.

Commissioner :: Commissioner (n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims..

Delegate :: Delegate (v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

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