Fleet chief petty officer
noun
1.
a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Navy comparable in rank to a warrant officer in the British Army or Royal Air Force
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[fleet-foo t-id] /ˈflitˈfʊt ɪd/ adjective 1. able to run fast. adjective quick and nimble on one’s feet
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- Fleetingly
[flee-ting] /ˈfli tɪŋ/ adjective 1. passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance. /ˈfliːtɪŋ/ adjective 1. rapid and transient: a fleeting glimpse of the sea adj. early 13c., “fickle, shifting, unstable,” from Old English fleotende “floating, drifting,” later “flying, moving swiftly,” from present participle of fleotan (see fleet (v.)). Meaning “existing only […]