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 Pet·ty a. [Compar. Pettier superl. Pettiest.]  Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a petty prince.
 Like a petty god
 I walked about, admired of all.   --Milton.
 Petty averages. See under Average.
 Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or amounts.
 Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
 Note: ☞ For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, See Petit.
 Syn: -- Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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 petty officer
      n : a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank comparable
          to sergeant in the army [syn: PO, P.O.]