petty officer

English

Noun

petty officer (plural petty officers)

A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army

Synonyms

PO (abbreviation)

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Translations

non-commissioned officer

Estonian: allohvitser
Finnish: kersantti (fi), pursimies (fi)
French: maître (fr) m
German: Unteroffizier (de) m
Italian: nostromo (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: underoffiser (no) m

Nynorsk: underoffiser m
Russian: у́нтер-офице́р (ru) m (únter-oficér)
Swedish: underofficer c

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