warrant officer, senior noncommissioned officer
Le général arrive sans son adjudant.
The general arrives without his adjutant.
They called me sergeant!
— Enquête sur un citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon (1970)
Au service militaire, un adjudant s'appelait Colombette.
During his military service, one of the warrant officers was named Colombette.
— Hothead (1979)