Usually means: Non-commissioned naval military rank.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. petty officer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. petty officer: Merriam-Webster
  3. petty officer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. petty officer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. petty officer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. petty officer: Vocabulary.com
  7. petty officer: Wordnik
  8. petty officer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. petty officer: Wiktionary
  10. petty officer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. petty officer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Petty officer, petty officer: Dictionary.com
  13. Petty Officer, Petty officer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. petty officer: Rhymezone
  15. petty officer: FreeDictionary.org
  16. petty officer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. petty officer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. petty officer: Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Petty Officer, Petty Officer: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petty officer)

▸ noun:  A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army

Similar:
chief petty officer, chief petty officer second class, petty officer second class, senior chief petty officer, petty officer first class, chief petty officer first class, petty officer third class, master chief petty officer, staff sergeant, noncom, more...

Types:
seaman, chief petty officer, more...

Phrases:
chief petty officer, senior chief petty officer, master chief petty officer, petty officer first class, petty officer second class, more...

Adjectives:
general, corporal, lieutenant, major, actual, majour, specialist, private, gi, subaltern, premier

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Similar:
chief petty officer, chief petty officer second class, petty officer second class, senior chief petty officer, petty officer first class, chief petty officer first class, petty officer third class, master chief petty officer, staff sergeant, noncom, more...

Types:
seaman, chief petty officer, more...

Phrases:
chief petty officer, senior chief petty officer, master chief petty officer, petty officer first class, petty officer second class, petty officer third class, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, more...

Adjectives:
general, corporal, lieutenant, major, actual, majour, specialist, private, gi, subaltern, premier



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