sergeant — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.

   Synonyms

   sargesarnt

2. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

   Examples

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

3. A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.

   Usage

   • Historical

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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.

4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Historical

   Examples

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

5. A bailiff.

6. A servant in monastic offices.

7. A fish, the píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis), a species of damselfish.

8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Athyma; distinct from the false sergeants.

Noun

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

   Broader terms

   noncommissioned officernoncomenlisted officer

2. a lawman with the rank of sergeant

   Synonyms

   police sergeant

   Broader terms

   law officerpeace officer

3. an English barrister of the highest rank

   Synonyms

   serjeant-at-lawserjeantsergeant-at-law

   Broader terms

   barrister