Sergeant
Word | SERGEANT |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | ser geant |
Pronunciations | /ˈsɑː.dʒənt/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Sergeant"
What do we mean by sergeant?
A noncommissioned rank in the US Army or Marine Corps that is above corporal and below staff sergeant. noun
Any of several ranks of noncommissioned officers in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps. noun
One who holds any of these ranks. noun
The rank of police officer next below a captain, lieutenant, or inspector. noun
A police officer holding this rank. noun
A sergeant at arms. noun
In this and the next four senses usually spelled serjeant. A servant; a retainer; an armed attendant; in the fourteenth century, one holding lands by tenure of military service, commonly used as not including those who had received knighthood (afterward called esquires). Serjeants were called to various specific lines of duty besides service in war. noun
An officer of an incorporated municipality who was charged with duties corresponding to those previously or elsewhere performed by an officer of the crown. noun
Hence, also noun
A substitute upon whom a serjeant was allowed to devolve the personal discharge of his duties; a bailiff. noun
One of a body or corps attendant on the sovereign, and on the lord high steward on the trial of a peer; a serjeant-at-arms. noun
In this sense the modern spelling is serjeant. In England and Ireland, a lawyer of high rank. noun
In Virginia, an officer in towns having powers corresponding to those of constable; in cities, an officer having powers connected with the city court corresponding to those of sheriff, and also charged with collecting city revenues. noun
A non-commissioned officer of the army and marines in the grade next above corporal, and usually selected from among the corporals for his intelligence and good conduct. noun
A police officer of superior rank. noun
A servant in monastic offices. noun
In ichthyology, the sergeant-fish. noun
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.
A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
A fish, the cobia.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the of the genus Athyma; distinguished from the false sergeants.
A bailiff.
A servant in monastic offices.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Sergeant
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