sergeant

/ˈsɑː.dʒənt/ · noun

Meaning

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.
A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
A fish, the cobia.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the of the genus Athyma; distinguished from the false sergeants.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

serjeant(English)police sergeant(English)sergeant-at-law(English)serjeant-at-law(English)lieutenant(English)brigadier(English)soldier(English)sgt(English)nco(English)corporal(English)platoon(English)quartermaster(English)

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