petty officer Hear it!

petty officer definition

petty officer

U.S. Navy an enlisted person of any of the six grades of noncommissioned officers from petty officer third class up to master chief petty officer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.