sergeant

IPA: sˈɑrdʒʌnt

(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.

Examples of "sergeant" in Sentences

While McCaulley did attain sergeant's rank, use of Marine
You're going to answer yes or no, drill sergeant, is that clear?
The fat sergeant is in all them but I never got his name. 007 is pretty good.
The barracks chief, the tag sergeant, starts raining on my parade, yelling, “Shut up, Carlin!”
After correctly spelling the word "sergeant," Skylar was asked if there were any special sergeants in her life.
The term sergeant-at-arms should be replaced by chief of police, or the title of whatever officer serves the warrant.
The nine-year-old had just spelt the word "sergeant" correctly at her school's spelling bee when her father, a sergeant serving in Iraq, appeared from behind a curtain.
A sergeant from the HorsforthPolicerelated to me that he had received complaints via SurreyPolicefrom RevSizerand from Dr Anthony McRoy – a lecturer at theWales Evangelical School of Theology – who both objected to being associated with terrorists and Holocaust deniers.