CHIEF PETTY OFFICER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chief petty officer mean? 

• CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (noun)
  The noun CHIEF PETTY OFFICER has 1 sense:

1. a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank

  Familiarity information: CHIEF PETTY OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chief petty officer" is a kind of...):

enlisted officer; noncom; noncommissioned officer (a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)