chief petty officer

noun

: an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer first class and below a senior chief petty officer

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In September 1961, Thomas Millard, a chief petty officer at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, lectured 40 residents on nuclear preparedness at the Cohanzie Fire Department. Daniel Drainville, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024 Dixie’s mother, Sherry, a chief petty officer in the Navy, left for an 18-month deployment in Bahrain over the summer and wasn’t home to see her daughter qualify for the event at Champions Golf Club in Houston in September. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024 Christopher Toups, 46, a former chief petty officer, pleaded guilty to conspiring with several others to bilk the Traumatic Servicemembers Groups Life Insurance Program out of around $2 million. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023 The former Navy chief petty officer, who had been stationed in Jacksonville, was accused of neglecting the girl to the point of starvation. Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for chief petty officer 

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chief petty officer was in 1865

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“Chief petty officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20petty%20officer. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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chief petty officer

noun
: a naval petty officer with a rank just below that of senior chief petty officer
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