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Meanings of petty officers in English

Russian
петти-офицер

Military rank.

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        Usage of petty officers in English
        1
        The sternness of the petty officers could not halt the spreading feeling.
        Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
        2
        The petty officers and seamen had, besides, two months wages in advance.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        3
        The English crew were a lieutenant, three petty officers, and nine seamen.
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
        4
        They have no relative rank, but take precedence of all petty officers.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        5
        He ventured the petty officers' mess, and was glad to get away.
        Martin Eden
        6
        All chief petty officers are to muster in the chief's mess immediately.
        Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
        7
        Which officers and petty officers show the most promise as future platoon leaders?
        The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
        8
        A delegation of petty officers will wait on me here at that time.
        More Than Honor
        9
        The captain was, of course, and some of the petty officers.
        On the Beach
        10
        Blue funk seized the petty officers while some of the crew ran amuck.
        The Sky Trap
        11
        The followers of Christian were three midshipmen and twenty-five petty officers and sailors.
        The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
        12
        The chief petty officers' quarters were farthest aft on the 343.
        The U-boat hunters
        13
        The petty officers' device always has a spread eagle above it.
        A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
        14
        But will the reader believe what was the practice of these petty officers?
        Manuel Pereira; Or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina
        15
        Galbraith turned away, beckoning urgently to one of his petty officers.
        Second to None
        16
        Officers' and petty officers' cabins are aft, while the crew is berthed forward.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
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