Sergeant

/ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt/ · noun

Meaning

(military) A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks..

Definitions by Sense

1. (military) A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
2. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
3. (law, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
4. (UK, historical) A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
5. A bailiff.
6. A servant in monastic offices.
7. A fish, the píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis), a species of damselfish.
8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Athyma; distinct from the false sergeants.

Example Sentences

“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.

All other sergeants and barristers indiscriminately (except in the Court of Common Pleas, where only sergeants are admitted) may take upon them the protection and defense of any suitors.

sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon

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Word Forms

• sergeants
• serjant
• sergeaunt
• serjeant

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