英语词汇“chief petty officers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

chief petty officers

释义

chief /chēf/

adjective

adverb

Chiefly

noun

A head or principal person
A leader
The principal part or top of anything
The greater part
The upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the upper third of the area of the shield (heraldry)

ORIGIN: Fr chef, from L caput the head

chiefˈdom or chiefˈship noun

chiefˈery or chiefˈry (Spenser chevˈerye) noun

chiefˈess noun

A female chief

chiefˈless adjective

Without a chief or leader

chiefˈling noun

chiefˈly adverb

chiefˈtain noun

chiefˈtaincy noun

chiefˈtainry noun

chiefˈtainship noun

chief-barˈon noun

The President of the Court of Exchequer

Chief Constable noun

(in UK) an officer commanding the police force in an administrative area

chief executive noun

The senior director of a business organization

chief justice see under justice

chief petty officer noun

A non-commissioned officer in the navy above petty officer in rank

chief technician noun

A non-commissioned officer in the RAF below flight sergeant in rank

chief of staff (military)

A senior staff officer
(with cap) the senior officer of each of the armed forces (in the USA of the army and air force)

in chief

Borne in the upper part of the shield (heraldry)
(of a tenure) held directly from the sovereign
Most importantly (-in-chief combining form denoting at the head, first in rank, as in commander-in-chief)

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