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sergeant

29 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sergeant (noun)
  2. serjeant
  3. sergeant at arms
  4. sergeant-at-law
  5. sergeant-at-mace (noun)
  6. Sergeant Baker (noun)
  7. sergeant first class (noun)
  8. sergeant fish (noun)
  9. sergeant major (noun)
  10. sergeant major of the army
  11. sergeant major of the marine corps
  12. sergeant of the guard
  13. chief master sergeant (noun)
  14. chief master sergeant of the air force
  15. color sergeant (noun)
  16. command sergeant major (noun)
  17. drill sergeant (noun)
  18. first sergeant (noun)
  19. gunnery sergeant (noun)
  20. lance sergeant (noun)
  21. master gunnery sergeant (noun)
  22. master sergeant (noun)
  23. orderly sergeant (noun)
  24. platoon sergeant (noun)
  25. senior master sergeant (noun)
  26. staff sergeant (noun)
  27. staff sergeant major (noun)
  28. technical sergeant (noun)
  29. top sergeant (noun)

ser·geant

noun \ˈsär-jənt\

Definition of SERGEANT

1
: sergeant at arms
2
obsolete : an officer who enforces the judgments of a court or the commands of one in authority
3
: a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army and marine corps above a corporal and below a staff sergeant; broadly : noncommissioned officer
4
: an officer in a police force ranking in the United States just below captain or sometimes lieutenant and in England just below inspector
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Origin of SERGEANT

Middle English, servant, attendant, sergeant, from Anglo-French sergant, serjant, from Latin servient-, serviens, present participle of servire to serve
First Known Use: 13th century

Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

Rhymes with SERGEANT

argent, margent, Sargent

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