sergeant
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,524 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 54,184 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
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 also: police sergeant
- an English barrister of the highest rank also: serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law
sergeant in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The sergeant shrugged his shoulders most expressively.
How The Redoubt Was Taken: 1896 · Prosper Mérimée · Chapter 1
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Here, for a slight cause, he turned out a sergeant.
The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 — Volume 1 · Pedro Fernandes de, -1615 Queirós · Chapter 1
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Miss Pilbeam, only daughter of Sergeant Pilbeam, caught her breath sharply.
Sentence Deferred: Sailor's Knots, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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The sergeant in charge had come over when he saw trouble brewing and stepped closer at this personal appeal.
The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery · William Augustine Leahy · Chapter 1
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To enlist as a private, to win patiently through grades of sergeant and lieutenant, to captain and colonel and general in command!
Strange stories of the Civil War · Robert Shackleton · Chapter 1