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Petty officer has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

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

See Also
noncom leading seaman drill instructor colt ship's corporal us army sergeant
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
noncommissioned officer
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
master-at-arms senior chief petty officer
Rhyming Words
cer acer icer macer nicer oncer racer pacer ircer dicer cicer ricer lacer ulcer hacer facer spicer ficcer juicer ticcer
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