Definitions for Sergeant
ˈsɑr dʒəntSergeant

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sergeantnoun

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

2. police sergeant, sergeantnoun

   a lawman with the rank of sergeant

3. serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law, sergeantnoun

   an English barrister of the highest rank

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sergeantnoun

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

   Etymology: From sergeant, sergeaunt, serjent, serjaunt, serjawnt, sergant, from sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant, from servientem, accusative of serviens, from serviens, present participle of servio. More at servant.

2. sergeantnoun

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

   Etymology: From sergeant, sergeaunt, serjent, serjaunt, serjawnt, sergant, from sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant, from servientem, accusative of serviens, from serviens, present participle of servio. More at servant.

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1. Sergeantnoun

   formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery

   Etymology: [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]

2. Sergeantnoun

   in a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc

   Etymology: [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]

3. Sergeantnoun

   a lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law

   Etymology: [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]

4. Sergeantnoun

   a title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon

   Etymology: [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]

5. Sergeantnoun

   the cobia

   Etymology: [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sergeant

   Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term sergent. In most armies the rank of sergeant is classified by NATO as OR-5 and corresponds to command of a squad. In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank OR-6, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a four-man fireteam leader, while still equivalent to OR-5. More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for instance staff sergeant, regimental sergeant major, sergeant first class, master sergeant, first sergeant and sergeant major. The spelling "serjeant" is used in a few regiments of the British Army.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sergeant

   Serjeant, sär′jent, n. a non-commissioned officer of the army and marines next above a corporal, overlooking the soldiers in barracks, and assisting the officers in all ways in the field: a bailiff: a constable: a servant in monastic offices: a police-officer of superior rank.—ns. Ser′geancy, Ser′geantcy, Ser′geantship, office of a sergeant; Ser′geant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body for keeping order, &c.; Ser′geant-fish, the cobra, so called from the lateral stripes; Ser′geant-mā′jor, the highest non-commissioned officer, employed to assist the adjutant: the cow-pilot, a fish; Ser′geantry, Ser′geanty, a kind of feudal tenure on condition of service due to the king only; Ser′jeant-at-arms, an officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit: a similar officer who attends on each House of Parliament, and arrests any person ordered by the House to be arrested; Ser′jeant-at-law, formerly in England the highest degree of barrister, once with exclusive audience in the Court of Common Pleas, their proper dress a violet-coloured robe with a scarlet hood, and a black coif, represented in modern times by a patch of silk at the top of the wig.—Grand sergeanty, a tenure of lands by special honorary service to the king; Petit sergeanty, a tenure of lands by a rent or tender. [Fr. sergent—L. serviens, -entis, pr.p. of servīre, to serve.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sergeant

   The senior non-commissioned rank in the army and marines.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sergeant

   A non-commissioned officer in a company, battery, or troop, usually selected from among the corporals on account of his general intelligence and good conduct. He is vested with the command of small detachments, and sometimes with his company in the absence of his superior officers.

Matched Categories

1. • Barrister
   • Lawman
   • Noncommissioned Officer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Sergeant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3720

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Sergeant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3576

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Sergeant' in Nouns Frequency: #1461

Anagrams for Sergeant »

1. estrange, grantees, greatens, reagents, rentages, segreant, sternage

How to pronounce Sergeant?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sergeant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sergeant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Sergeant in a Sentence

1. Photographer Jorge Rodriguez:

   This year, we refurbished an old lifeguard stand, where we have a sergeant and detective stationed on the weekend to DJ, engage with our community and visitors and remind them of the do’s and don’ts of having a good time.

2. An Army vet:

   Sergeant Hoffman was back, i was on a mission and told myself I would stop searching for Bridget under two conditions: She returned home or I knew with certainty that she was dead.

3. Jeb Bush:

   We were rambunctious a lot, pretty independent-minded kids, and, you know, she had her hands. Dad, of course, was available, but he was a busy guy. And he was on the road a lot in his businesses and obviously on the road a lot when he was campaigning. And so Mother was there to maintain order and discipline. She was the sergeant.

4. Andre Little:

   He's a good son. He's a sergeant in the United States Army, serving our country proudly. Never gotten in any trouble in his life.

5. Terrence Monahan:

   Im feeling fine. You know, Ive got a few bruises here and there. Luckily, the fingers werent broken, just jammed a bit. So Im doing OK, im doing a lot better than my sergeant and the lieutenant that was attacked.

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