Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - sergeant
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Sergeant
sergeant
noun Etymology: Middle English, servant, attendant, ~, from Anglo-French sergant, serjant, from Latin servient-, serviens, present participle of servire to serve Date: 13th century 1. ~ at arms 2. obsolete an officer who enforces the judgments of a court or the commands of one in authority 3. a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army and marine corps above a corporal and below a staff ~; broadly noncommissioned officer 4. an officer in a police force ranking in the United States just below captain or sometimes lieutenant and in England just below inspector
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n. 1 a non-commissioned Army or Air Force officer next below warrant officer. 2 a police officer ranking below (Brit.) inspector or (US) captain. Phrases and idioms company sergeant-major Mil. the highest non-commissioned officer of a company. Sergeant Baker Austral. a large brightly-coloured marine fish, Aulopus purpurissatus. sergeant-fish a marine fish, Rachycentron canadum, with lateral stripes suggesting a chevron. sergeant-major Mil. 1 (in full regimental sergeant-major) Brit. a warrant-officer assisting the adjutant of a regiment or battalion. 2 US the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer. Derivatives sergeancy n. (pl. -ies). sergeantship n. Etymology: ME f. OF sergent f. L serviens -entis servant f. servire SERVE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сержант Воинское звание между капралом Corporal и штаб-сержантом Staff Sergeant в Сухопутных войсках Army и Морской пехоте Marine Corps; между рядовым авиации 1 класса First Class airman и штаб-сержантом Staff Sergeant в ВВС Air Force ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. воен. сержант sergeant of the guard —- ам. помощник начальника офицерского караула; начальник сержантского караула 2. сержант полиции ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(sergeants) 1. A sergeant is a non-commissioned officer of middle rank in the army, marines, or air force. A sergeant with a detail of four men came into view. ...Sergeant Black. N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 2. In the British police force, a sergeant is an officer with the next to lowest rank. In American police forces, a sergeant is an officer with the rank immediately below a captain. The unit headed by Sergeant Bell. N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., "servant," from O.Fr. sergent, from M.L. servientum (nom. serviens) "servant, vassal, soldier" (in L.L. "public official"), from L. servientem "serving," prp. of servire "to serve." Meaning "non-commissioned military officer" first recorded 1548. Originally a much more important rank than presently. As a police rank, in Great Britain from 1839; sergeant-major is from 1573. M.E. alternate spelling serjeant (from O.Fr.) was retained in Britain in special use as title of a superior order of barristers, abolished 1880, from which Common Law judges were chosen; also used of certain other officers of the royal household. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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