PETTY OFFICER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petty officer mean? 

• PETTY OFFICER (noun)
  The noun PETTY OFFICER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PETTY OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETTY OFFICER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

P.O.; petty officer; PO

Hypernyms ("petty officer" is a kind of...):

enlisted officer; noncom; noncommissioned officer (a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "petty officer"):

master-at-arms (the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship)

SCPO; senior chief petty officer (a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army)