Sergeant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɑːrdʒənt|  American pronunciation of the word sergeant
Brit.  |ˈsɑːdʒ(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word sergeant

noun

- any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
- a lawman with the rank of sergeant
- an English barrister of the highest rank (syn: serjeant, serjeant-at-law)

Extra examples

The sergeant was bellowing orders.

...the drill sergeant demanded complete and unquestioning obedience from the recruits...

Can all that stuff, Sergeant.

The sergeant was drilling the new recruits.

At that moment he came face to face with Sergeant Burke.

The Sergeant told Swift to guard the entrance.

Eye witnesses identified the gunman as an army sergeant.

I was met by the police in the person of Sergeant Black.

Sergeant Cooper is an excellent shot.

'Report back to me in an hour, sergeant.' 'Yes, sir.'

We had to run up the stairs while the Sergeant timed us.

The sergeant was whining about how hard he had been forced to work recently.

He transferred to Southwest Area in 1986, where he was upgraded to Senior Sergeant.

The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills

I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this

Word forms

noun
singular: sergeant
plural: sergeants
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