sergeant
/ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt/
A 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
- plural
- sergeants
Meanings
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A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks
A captain is above a sergeant.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
He rose to the rank of sergeant.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police
- 3
A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil lawrare
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A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereignrare
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A bailiffrare
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A servant in monastic officesrare
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A fish, the píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis), a species of damselfishrare
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Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Athyma; distinct from the false sergeantsrare