"sergeant" | Definition and Related Words

sergeant

Noun

Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal (synset 110600224)
is a type of: enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
subtypes:
- color sergeant - a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
- first sergeant, sergeant first class - a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
- gunnery sergeant - a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines
- master sergeant - a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines
- recruiting-sergeant - a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits
- senior master sergeant, smsgt - a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army
- command sergeant major, sergeant major - a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
- 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
- technical sergeant - a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines
A lawman with the rank of sergeant (synset 110469095)
is a type of: law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law
subtypes:
- 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
same as: police sergeant
An English barrister of the highest rank (synset 110601342)
is a type of: barrister - a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution

same as: sergeant-at-law, serjeant, serjeant-at-law

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