petty officer

noun

: a subordinate officer in the navy or coast guard appointed from among the enlisted men compare noncommissioned officer

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What To Know The Cuauhtémoc was built in Bilbao, Spain, in 1981 and originally called Celaya, according to Sail Training International, stating that the vessel was later acquired by the Mexican Navy as a training vessel for officers, cadets, petty officers, and sailors. Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025 The soldiers were first hit by a grenade hurled through a sniper hole in the wall, and then an IED exploded outside the building, gravely injuring medic and sniper Elliott Miller (Cosmo Jarvis), to whom the movie is dedicated, and leading petty officer Joe Hildebrand, renamed Sam (Joseph Quinn). Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025 The cast is like a roll call of Next-Gen Hollywood circa 2025: There’s Will Poulter (Midsommar, Death of a Unicorn), running point on the whole operation, and Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things, George Harrison in the upcoming Beatles’ biopics) as a petty officer keeping watch on the perimeter. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025 The plaintiffs challenging the policy include an Army major who received a Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan, an Army captain who’d been invited to teach at West Point and a petty officer whose double mastectomy was abruptly canceled shortly before the surgeon was about to begin the procedure. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for petty officer

Word History

First Known Use

1744, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of petty officer was in 1744

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“Petty officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20officer. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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petty officer

noun
: an officer in the Navy or Coast Guard appointed from among enlisted personnel

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