sergeant
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sergeant /ˈsɑːdʒ(ə)nt/
▶noun
- 1 a rank of non-commissioned officer in the army or air force, above corporal and below staff sergeant.
- 2 Brit. a police officer ranking below an inspector.
- 3 US a police officer ranking below a lieutenant.
– derivatives
sergeancy noun (pl. sergeancies).
sergeancy noun (pl. sergeancies).
– origin ME (in senses ‘attendant, servant’ and ‘common soldier’): from OFr. sergent, from L. servire ‘serve’.
'sergeant' also found in these Oxford entries:
airman
- chief technician
- colour sergeant
- company sergeant major
- corporal
- CSM
- drill sergeant
- DS
- first sergeant
- flight sergeant
- Flt Sgt
- FS
- gunnery sergeant
- Gy Sgt
- havildar
- lance sergeant
- master sergeant
- MSgt
- PS
- QMS
- quartermaster sergeant
- RSM
- sarge
- sergeant-at-arms
- Sergeant Baker
- sergeant major
- Sergt
- serjeant
- serjeant-at-arms
- Sgt
- SM
- SMSgt
- staff
- staff sergeant
- technical sergeant
- TSgt
- yeoman
