English Dictionary

P.O.

Overview

P.O. (noun)
  The noun P.O. has 1 sense:

1. a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Armyplay

  Familiarity information: P.O. used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


P.O. (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

P.O.; petty officer; PO

Hypernyms ("P.O." is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "P.O."):

master-at-arms (the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship)

SCPO; senior chief petty officer (a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army)


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