warrant soldier
Historical military rank used in the early modern Japanese army, roughly equivalent to a warrant officer or senior non-commissioned officer. Rare in modern usage outside historical contexts.
In the Meiji-era army, 兵曹 was one of the non-commissioned officer ranks.
chief warrant officer (Japanese Imperial Navy)
chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)
petty officer third class (USN)
chief petty officer
petty officer second class (IJN); petty officer (RN); petty officer second class (USN)
Compound of 兵 (soldier) and 曹 (official, sergeant). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term was used in the early modern Japanese military for a specific rank.