sergeant : Idioms & Phrases

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buck sergeant

  • noun a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military
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color sergeant

  • noun a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
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Col"or ser"geant
Definitions
  1. See under Sergeant.
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command sergeant major

  • noun a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
    command sergeant major.
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desk sergeant

  • noun the police sergeant on duty in a police station
    deskman; station keeper.
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Drill sergeant

  • (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions.
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First sergeant

  • noun a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
    first sergeant.
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  • (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant. Farrow.
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gunnery sergeant

  • noun a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines
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master sergeant

  • noun a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines
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Orderly sergeant

  • noun the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders
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  • the first sergeant of a company.
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police sergeant

  • noun a lawman with the rank of sergeant
    sergeant.
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Quartermaster sergeant

  • . See Sergeant.
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recruiting-sergeant

  • noun a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits
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senior master sergeant

  • noun a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army
    SMSgt.
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sergeant at arms

  • noun an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
    serjeant-at-arms.
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sergeant first class

  • noun a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
    first sergeant.
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sergeant fish

  • noun large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters
    Rachycentron canadum; cobia.
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Sergeant major

  • noun a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
    command sergeant major.
  • noun large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
    Abudefduf saxatilis.
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  • . (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zoöl.) The cow pilot.
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Sergeant-at-arms

  • an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See Sergeant, 1.
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sergeant-at-law

  • noun an English barrister of the highest rank
    serjeant; sergeant; serjeant-at-law.
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staff sergeant

  • noun 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
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technical sergeant

  • noun a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines
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