chief petty officer

English Thesaurus

1. a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank (noun.person)

hypernym	:	enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer,
definition	:	a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel (noun.person)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)