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.