Library / English Dictionary

ENLISTED PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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)

Credits