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Subligation :: Sublieutenant (n.) An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank..

Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..

Dedimus :: Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc..

Destructiveness :: Destructiveness (n.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

Chevron :: Chevron (n.) A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat..

Corporal :: Corporal (n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels..

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..

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.

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

Red-handed :: Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed..

Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service..

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..

Commissioner :: Commissioner (n.) An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.

Commission :: Commission (n.) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city..

Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which the commission of the justice of the peace is revived, after having been suspended..

Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..

Press :: Press (n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy..

Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..

Private :: Private (n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.

Commissionnaire :: Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.

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