sergeant

IPA: sˈɑrdʒʌnt

noun

  • (military) UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
  • The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
  • (law, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
  • (UK, historical) A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
  • A bailiff.
  • A servant in monastic offices.
  • A fish, the cobia.
  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Athyma; distinct from the false sergeants.
  • A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.
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Examples of "sergeant" in Sentences

  • He reached the rank of sergeant in the army.
  • He leaves the sergeant to die in the flames.
  • The Sergeant enters in advance of the troops.
  • The Sergeant asks about Nemorino's dejection.
  • Sergeant Sapwood is a notable example of this.
  • He is the Sergeant at Arms of the organization.
  • A sergeant in the first platoon senses the predicament.
  • Sergeant Derrick was in command of his platoon of the company.
  • Kingsley was a sergeant in the army at the time of the production.
  • At the rank of sergeant, Kinney was mustered out of the army in 1873.

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