CHIEF PETTY OFFICER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chief petty officer" is a kind of...):

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

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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