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Sergeant

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Noun

1. sergeant

any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal

2. police sergeant, sergeant

a lawman with the rank of sergeant

3. sergeant, sergeant-at-law, serjeant, serjeant-at-law

an English barrister of the highest rank

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sergeant

see synonyms of sergeant
noun
1. 
a noncommissioned officer in certain armed forces, usually ranking above a corporal
2. 
a. 
(in Britain) a police officer ranking between constable and inspector
b. 
(in the US) a police officer ranking below a captain
3.  sergeant at arms
4. 
a court or municipal officer who has ceremonial duties
5. 
(formerly) a tenant by military service, not of knightly rank
6.  serjeant at law

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sergeant

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a feudal servant who attended his master in battle
2. 
sergeant-at-arms
3.  US
a.  Us Army and Us Marine Corps
a noncommissioned officer of the fifth grade, ranking above a corporal and below a staff sergeant
b.  Air Force
a noncommissioned officer of the fourth grade, ranking above airman first class and below staff sergeant
c. 
generally, any of the noncommissioned officers in the U.S. armed forces with sergeant as part of the title of their rank
4. 
a. 
in the U.S., a police officer ranking next below a captain or a lieutenant
b. 
in England, a police officer ranking just below an inspector

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sergeant

see synonyms of sergeant
n.
1.
a. A noncommissioned rank in the US Army or Marine Corps that is above corporal and below staff sergeant.
b. Any of several ranks of noncommissioned officers in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps: master gunnery sergeant; staff sergeant.
c. One who holds any of these ranks or a similar rank in another military organization.
2.
a. The rank of police officer next below a captain, lieutenant, or inspector.
b. A police officer holding this rank.
3. A sergeant at arms.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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