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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) "If at first you don't succeed, well, you're about average" (English proverb) "A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal." (Native American quotes, Chief Joseph, Nez Perce) "My friends are like stars, pick one and it'll guide you." (Arabic proverb) "As there is Easter, so there are meager times." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: What does noncom mean? noncommissioned officer definition What does sergeant first class mean? desk sergeant definition What does deskman mean?
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