SERGEANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does sergeant mean?
• SERGEANT (noun)
The noun SERGEANT has 3 senses:
1. any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal
2. a lawman with the rank of sergeant
3. an English barrister of the highest rank
Familiarity information: SERGEANT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SERGEANT (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sergeant" is a kind of...):
noncom; noncommissioned officer (a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sergeant"):
staff sergeant (a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the army or marines or above airman 1st class in the air force)
recruiting-sergeant (a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits)
master sergeant (a senior noncommissioned officer in the army or air force or marines)
gunnery sergeant (a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines)
first sergeant; sergeant first class (a sergeant in the army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant)
color sergeant (a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors)
technical sergeant (a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines)
Meaning:
A lawman with the rank of sergeant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
police sergeant; sergeant
Hypernyms ("sergeant" is a kind of...):
law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sergeant"):
buck sergeant (a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military)
desk sergeant; deskman; station keeper (the police sergeant on duty in a police station)
sergeant major (a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the army)
Meaning:
An English barrister of the highest rank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
sergeant-at-law; serjeant; serjeant-at-law; sergeant
Hypernyms ("sergeant" is a kind of...):
barrister (a British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law)
