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Sergeant describes a certain rank for a police or military officer. If you've been promoted to sergeant, congratulations are in order.

Sergeant comes from the Old French sergent and originally from the Latin verb servire meaning "to serve," as in "to serve and protect," a police sergeant's job. Remember that sergeant is spelled with an "e" after the "s" (it's often misspelled with an "a").

DEFINITIONS OF: sergeant

n any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; 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; SMSgt, senior master sergeant
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; orderly sergeant
the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders

Type of:: enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer
a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel

n a lawman with the rank of sergeant

Synonyms:: police sergeant

Types:: 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

Type of:: law officer, lawman, peace officer
an officer of the law

n an English barrister of the highest rank

Synonyms:: sergeant-at-law, serjeant, serjeant-at-law

Type of:: barrister
a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution

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