petty officer

Noun

Meaning

a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

po wolf lieutenant sergeant ensign captain foreman brigadier P.O. lance corporal sergeant major syndic wold bosun noncommissioned officer
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Hypernyms

noncommissioned officer noncom enlisted officer

Hyponyms

master-at-arms senior chief petty officer SCPO

Examples

My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times. Hillary Clinton

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class. Jack Adams

1998 to 2008 (Forward Deployed: Yokosuka, Japan) Kitty Hawk (right) relieves USS at Pearl Harbor as the 7th Fleet forward deployed carrier A navy petty officer supervises sailors performing a flight deck scrub down on board Kitty Hawk in August 2005. Source: Internet

After three months of training, the NCDUs were organized into six-man teams each led by an officer and a non-commissioned petty officer, and by November 1943 the first of thirty-four teams had deployed to England in anticipation of Operation Overlord. Source: Internet

A petty officer told the court in a letter asking to be admitted to the case that when the berthing “flooded with fuel, crewmates were screaming for help. Source: Internet

He turned, and saw the Petty Officer, some eight feet behind him, his officer’s white uniform shirt alight and melting to his skin. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

petty larceny petty morel petty offense petty officer first class petty officer second class petty officer third class