chief petty officer

Other forms: chief petty officers

Definitions of chief petty officer
  1. noun
    a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
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    type of:
    enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer
    a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
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