: an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer first class and below a senior chief petty officer
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebPolice arrested Herman Williams, a Navy chief petty officer, four days the discovery of the body and charged him with murder. Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Bell, a former chief petty officer in the Navy, has been known for making inflammatory statements.Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2022 This year, Erin Picou and her husband, a chief petty officer in the Coast Guard, have managed to save enough money to pay their mortgage on their home in Texas City. Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021 The Navy revokes Cosby’s title of honorary chief petty officer. Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 24 June 2020 Her mother was a seamstress, her father a Navy chief petty officer who became a fabric mill foreman after the family moved to Franklin, N.H.BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2021 Besides the prison time, his sentence strips him of his pay and his rank of chief petty officer. Ben Finley, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2021 Pridgen is a native of the Bronx and veteran of Operation Desert Storm, retiring from the U.S. Navy Reserve as a chief petty officer. Michael Williams, SFChronicle.com, 7 Jan. 2021 The name of the sailor, a chief petty officer who was the first aboard the aircraft carrier to die from the virus, is being withheld until relatives are notified, the Navy said. Ben Kesling, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2020 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
chief petty officer
noun
: a petty officer in the navy or coast guard ranking below a senior chief petty officer