"petty officer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: petty officers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} petty officer (plural petty officers)
  1. A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army Wikipedia link: petty officer Categories (topical): Military ranks, People Synonyms: PO [abbreviation] Derived forms: petty officer third class, petty officer second class, petty officer first class, chief petty officer, senior chief petty officer, master chief petty officer Coordinate_terms: non-commissioned officer, warrant officer, commissioned officer, general officer, field officer, staff officer Translations (non-commissioned officer): allohvitser (Estonian), kersantti (Finnish), pursimies (Finnish), maître [masculine] (French), Unteroffizier [masculine] (German), nostromo (Italian), sottufficiale di marina [masculine] (Italian), underoffiser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), underoffiser [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bosman [masculine] (Polish), starszy bosman [masculine] (Polish), suboficial [common-gender] (Portuguese), oficial inferior [archaic, common-gender] (Portuguese), у́нтер-офице́р (únter-oficér) [masculine] (Russian), underofficer [common-gender] (Swedish)

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