The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word YEOMEN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2007.
Some petty officers crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YEOMEN | 50 % | 6 |
| BOSNS | 50 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Some petty officers
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Crossword Answer definitions
YEOMEN noun- An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a Yeoman of the Guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
- A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
- A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
- A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- A Yeoman Warder.
- A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
- In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
- A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
- A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result YEOMEN
- Petty officers
- British royal guards
- Navy members with clerical duties
- Faithful servants
- Naval petty officers
- Certain petty officers
- Naval clerks
- "The ___ of the Guard"
- Some petty officers
- Naval clerks.