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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: petty officer (0.00960 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to petty officer.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: petty officer
petty officer
n : a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank comparable
to sergeant in the army [syn:
PO,
P.O.]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Petty officer
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.
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Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all. --Milton.
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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.
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Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See
Petit.
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Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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