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ENLISTED PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enlisted person mean?
• ENLISTED PERSON (noun)
The noun ENLISTED PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
Familiarity information: ENLISTED PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("enlisted person" is a kind of...):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enlisted person"):
enlisted man (a male enlisted person in the armed forces)
enlisted woman (a female enlisted person in the armed forces)
kitchen police; KP (an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks)
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
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