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petty officer
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Noun petty officer has 1 sense
- petty officer(n = noun.person) p.o., po - a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army; Array has particulars: master-at-arms, scpo, senior chief petty officer
is a kind of enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer
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