petty officern.

Brit.

/ˌpɛtɪ ˈɒfᵻsə/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛdi ˈˌɔfəsər/,

/ˈˌpɛdi ˈˌɑfəsər/

Forms: see petty adj. and officer n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petty adj., officer n.

Etymology: < petty adj. + officer n. Compare petit officer n. at petit adj. and n. Compounds 2.

1. gen. A minor or inferior officer. See also petit officer n. at petit adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > subordinate officer

captainc1380

under-officerc1400

petty officer1587

subaltern?1608

sub-officer1609

subaltern officer1611

sub1710

company officer1786

C.P.O.1907

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) iv. xx. 53/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Petie officers to oversee and overrule the people.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 45 There be many petie officers vsed amongst vs.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 115 Euery pelting petty Officer Would vse his heauen for thunder.

1694 W. Burnaby tr. Petronius Satyr (new ed.) 142 He found the Door so barr'd: But the Petty Officer he brought, with an Iron Crow, forc'd it open.

1722 in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1897) App. vi. 37 Here has been a great deal of riotous doing in several elections, even of petty officers, as well as members for Parliament.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. iii. 76 The birth of Vespasian was mean; his grandfather had been a private soldier, his father a petty officer of the revenue.

1847 J. W. Buhoup Narr. Central Division 48 These petty officers would exercise their authority by refusing them.

1850 J. Dunham Jrnl. Voy. 34 The American captains were quartered with the petty officers, such as midshipmen, captain's clerks, &c.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ix. 246 The army had not really done him any good. He resented bitterly the authority of the petty officers.

1984 S. Terkel Good War (1985) iv. i. 395 We had..petty officers but the men considered them air-bangers. Brown noses.

2. spec. Frequently with capital initials. A rank of non-commissioned officer in the navy, above leading seaman or seaman and below chief petty officer, corresponding loosely to a corporal or sergeant in the army.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > petty officer

petty officer1748

buffer1941

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 243 I was not altogether without mortifications, which I not only suffered from the rude insults of the sailors, and petty officers,..but also from the disposition of Morgan.

1756 C. Holmes in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) 211 One of my Petty Officers I have sent as Master of the Schooner.

1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 28 It was very hard upon us petty officers.

1818 U.S. Navy: Rules, Regs. & Instructions 26 Each of the petty officers thus sent from the ships, shall receive eighteen cents, and the men twelve cents per diem.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xx. 60 He had been a petty officer on board the British frigate Dublin.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Petty officer, a divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ in Royal Mag. Dec. 99/2 ‘Got a bleat, 'ave yer?’ growled an unsympathetic Petty Officer.

1976 P. C. Smith Fighting Flotilla viii. 165 As I was duty Petty Officer, I had to detail duty men to keep watch on the fo'c'sle as anchor watch-men.

2001 Outside Oct. 82/1 A Navy policeman, Petty Officer Larry Roberts, handcuffed me..and walked me through the swamp to a military road.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petty officer
释义	petty officern. Brit. /ˌpɛtɪ ˈɒfᵻsə/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛdi ˈˌɔfəsər/, /ˈˌpɛdi ˈˌɑfəsər/ Forms: see petty adj. and officer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petty adj., officer n. Etymology: < petty adj. + officer n. Compare petit officer n. at petit adj. and n. Compounds 2. 1. gen. A minor or inferior officer. See also petit officer n. at petit adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > subordinate officer captainc1380 under-officerc1400 petty officer1587 subaltern?1608 sub-officer1609 subaltern officer1611 sub1710 company officer1786 C.P.O.1907 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) iv. xx. 53/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Petie officers to oversee and overrule the people. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 45 There be many petie officers vsed amongst vs. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 115 Euery pelting petty Officer Would vse his heauen for thunder. View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Burnaby tr. Petronius Satyr (new ed.) 142 He found the Door so barr'd: But the Petty Officer he brought, with an Iron Crow, forc'd it open. 1722 in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1897) App. vi. 37 Here has been a great deal of riotous doing in several elections, even of petty officers, as well as members for Parliament. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. iii. 76 The birth of Vespasian was mean; his grandfather had been a private soldier, his father a petty officer of the revenue. 1847 J. W. Buhoup Narr. Central Division 48 These petty officers would exercise their authority by refusing them. 1850 J. Dunham Jrnl. Voy. 34 The American captains were quartered with the petty officers, such as midshipmen, captain's clerks, &c. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ix. 246 The army had not really done him any good. He resented bitterly the authority of the petty officers. 1984 S. Terkel Good War (1985) iv. i. 395 We had..petty officers but the men considered them air-bangers. Brown noses. 2. spec. Frequently with capital initials. A rank of non-commissioned officer in the navy, above leading seaman or seaman and below chief petty officer, corresponding loosely to a corporal or sergeant in the army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > petty officer petty officer1748 buffer1941 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 243 I was not altogether without mortifications, which I not only suffered from the rude insults of the sailors, and petty officers,..but also from the disposition of Morgan. 1756 C. Holmes in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) 211 One of my Petty Officers I have sent as Master of the Schooner. 1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 28 It was very hard upon us petty officers. 1818 U.S. Navy: Rules, Regs. & Instructions 26 Each of the petty officers thus sent from the ships, shall receive eighteen cents, and the men twelve cents per diem. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xx. 60 He had been a petty officer on board the British frigate Dublin. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Petty officer, a divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ in Royal Mag. Dec. 99/2 ‘Got a bleat, 'ave yer?’ growled an unsympathetic Petty Officer. 1976 P. C. Smith Fighting Flotilla viii. 165 As I was duty Petty Officer, I had to detail duty men to keep watch on the fo'c'sle as anchor watch-men. 2001 Outside Oct. 82/1 A Navy policeman, Petty Officer Larry Roberts, handcuffed me..and walked me through the swamp to a military road. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1587
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