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chief warrant officer
noun
: a warrant officer of senior rank in the armed forces
also
: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking below an ensign
Examples of chief warrant officer in a Sentence
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Melissa Leake, a chief warrant officer with the Coast Guard and the public information officer for the Titan Marine Board of Investigation, noted that the Coast Guard does not comment on reasons for not calling specific witnesses.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
His grandfather, who served in the military and rose to become a chief warrant officer at the Pentagon, had served as music director at several churches in the area.
—Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
He was promoted to the rank of chief warrant officer 2 in 2020 after serving as part of the guard's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Warrant Officer 1 Aaron Healy, 32, of Cape Coral, Florida, was promoted to chief warrant officer 2, according to the Army.
—Christopher Leach Lexington Herald-Leader (tns), al, 6 Apr. 2023
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Esparza, 36, of Jackson, Missouri, was promoted to chief warrant officer 3, according to the Army.
—Christopher Leach Lexington Herald-Leader (tns), al, 6 Apr. 2023
The unit includes a communications section more than 50 percent larger than that of a typical regiment, including several chief warrant officers with combat experience from Marine Forces Special Operations Command.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
Fort Rucker, in Alabama, would become Fort Novosel, after Michael Novosel, who gave up the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve and became a chief warrant officer in the Army, which deployed him to Vietnam.
—New York Times, 24 May 2022
Jared Jones, chief warrant officer 5 with the Utah National Guard, said at a press conference that the helicopters were attempting to land during routine survivability and mobility mountain training.
—NBC News, 22 Feb. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of chief warrant officer was
in 1917
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“Chief warrant officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20warrant%20officer. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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chief warrant officer
noun
: a military or naval warrant officer of senior rank
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