Dictionary

petty officer en · NOUN

Meanings

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
   • The rescue swimmer was Coast Guard third petty officer Evan Grills. He was 24 years old, he came from Florida and this was his first rescue. 2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Coordinates

warrant officer · commissioned officer · field officer · non-commissioned officer · staff officer · general officer

Deriveds

master chief petty officer · chief petty officer · petty officer second class · senior chief petty officer · petty officer third class · petty officer first class

Synonyms

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Translations (15)

fr maître (non-commissioned officer) · de Unteroffizier (non-commissioned officer) · et allohvitser (non-commissioned officer) · pt suboficial (non-commissioned officer) · sv underofficer (non-commissioned officer) · nb underoffiser (non-commissioned officer) · pl starszy bosman (non-commissioned officer) · it sottufficiale di marina (non-commissioned officer) · nn underoffiser (non-commissioned officer) · it nostromo (non-commissioned officer) · fi pursimies (non-commissioned officer) · fi kersantti (non-commissioned officer) · pt oficial inferior (non-commissioned officer) · ru у́нтер-офице́р (non-commissioned officer) · pl bosman (non-commissioned officer)