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

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POP.O.
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Meanings

nounpetty officer (plural petty officers)

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

    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

    Synonyms: PO

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
PO

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
POP.O.
Broader
noncommissioned officernoncomenlisted officer
Also see
po

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Estonian allohvitser
  • allohvitsernon-commissioned officer
Finnish kersantti, pursimies
  • kersanttinon-commissioned officer
  • pursimiesnon-commissioned officer
French maître
  • maîtrenon-commissioned officer
German Unteroffizier
  • Unteroffiziernon-commissioned officer
Italian nostromo, sottufficiale di marina
  • nostromonon-commissioned officer
  • sottufficiale di marinanon-commissioned officer
Norwegian Bokmål underoffiser
  • underoffisernon-commissioned officer
Polish bosman, starszy bosman
  • bosmannon-commissioned officer
  • starszy bosmannon-commissioned officer
Portuguese suboficial, oficial inferior
  • suboficialnon-commissioned officer
  • oficial inferiornon-commissioned officer
Russian у́нтер-офице́р
  • у́нтер-офице́р (únter-oficér)non-commissioned officer
Swedish underofficer
  • underofficernon-commissioned officer
Cite this entry
APA

petty officer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petty%20officer

MLA

“petty officer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petty%20officer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petty officer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petty%20officer.

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