Meaning of sergeant | Babel Free

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1. A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.
2. A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
3. A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks
4. A township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States.
5. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
6. (often abbreviated to Sgt).
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7. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police
8. A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
   historical
9. (often abbreviated to Sgt-Maj.) in the British army, the highest rank of non-commissioned officer. Sergeant-Major Brown. sersant-majoor رُتْبَة رَقيب أوَّل старши сержант primeiro-sargento rotný der Hauptfeldwebel seniorsergent επιλοχίαςsargento mayor (velt)veebel استوار vääpeli sergent-major רַב סַמָל सारजेंट मेजर časnički namjesnik, dočasnik törzsőrmester sersan mayor yfirliðþjálfi maresciallo ordinario 准尉 특무 상사 viršila virsseržants sarjan mejar sergeant-majoorkommandersersjant starszy sier...
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10. A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law
11. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign
12. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
    UK, historical
13. A noncommissioned rank in the US Army or Marine Corps that is above corporal and below staff sergeant.
14. A bailiff
15. A bailiff.
16. The rank of police officer next below a captain, lieutenant, or inspector.
17. A servant in monastic offices.
18. A sergeant at arms.
19. A fish, the píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis), a species of damselfish.
20. (Military) a noncommissioned officer in certain armed forces, usually ranking above a corporal
21. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Athyma; distinct from the false sergeants.
22. (Law) a. (in Britain) a police officer ranking between constable and inspector
23. (Historical Terms) See sergeant at arms
24. (Law) a court or municipal officer who has ceremonial duties
25. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a court or municipal officer who has ceremonial duties

Equivalents

Examples

““Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.”

“All other sergeants and barristers indiscriminately (except in the Court of Common Pleas, where only sergeants are admitted) may take upon them the protection and defense of any suitors.”

“sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon”

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