petty officer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: petty officer	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for petty officer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petty officer n a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army Synonym(s): petty officer, PO, P.O.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petty \Pet"ty\, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. --Denham. Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. --Milton. {Petty averages}. See under {Average}. {Petty cash}, money expended or received in small items or amounts. {Petty officer}, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army. Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, See {Petit}. Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.