Petty Officer
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Petty Officers
- possessive
- Petty Officer's
- pluralpossessive
- Petty Officers'