Definition of "enlisted man" [enlisted man]

• A male member of the armed forces who ranks below a commissioned officer or warrant officer. (noun)

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• "Every couple of days they would fill up, and whichever enlisted man was in least favor would be assigned shit-burning detail."
• "A note on the translation suggests Kuromoti might be the nom de plume of an enlisted man aboard the Abukuma."
• "Sherman Locke was a two-star general in the air force, an enlisted man who had worked his way up through Officer Candidate School."