Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 6 compound words that contain sergeant. The most common are listed below. Open sergeant in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- sergeant majorA senior, noncommissioned appointment in the Army of a company or unit, directly responsible to the officer in charge for their soldiers' performance, standards, discipline, morale, welfare, et al, that can be held by a Warrant Officer or …
- staff sergeantA non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant (or, in the US Air Force, above a senior airman).
- drill sergeantdrill instructor
- sergeant-at-armsA person charged with keeping order at a meeting, especially a meeting of the legislature.
- colour sergeantA non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant ranks above a sergeant and below a warrant officer.
- detective sergeantA British police sergeant qualified to manage investigations into serious and complex crimes.
- quartermaster sergeantA class of rank or appointment in some armed forces, especially those of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
- false sergeantAny of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Pseudathyma; distinguished from the sergeants.
- first sergeantIn the United States Army, a non-commissioned officer ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in rank to a master sergeant but with greater command authority.
- lance sergeantFormerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal
- master sergeantA non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in grade and pay to a first sergeant.
- police sergeantA rank of law enforcement who supervises officers and handles daily precinct operations.
- sergeant bakerThe fish Latropiscis purpurissatus, of Australia.
- sergeant-majorsplural of sergeant-major: A senior, noncommissioned appointment in the Army of a company or unit, directly responsible to the officer in charge for their soldiers' performance, standards, discipline, morale, welfare, et al, that can be …
- technical sergeantA non-commissioned officer ranking above staff sergeant and below master sergeant.
- orange staff sergeantA nymphalid butterfly of species Athyma cama, of tropical and subtropical Asia.
- sergeant first classA non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant or first sergeant.
- sergeant-at-lawAlternative form of serjeant-at-law: A member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar, who for many centuries had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas.
- gunnery sergeantA non-commissioned officer of rank E-7 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant or first sergeant.
- master gunnery sergeantA non-commissioned officer of rank E-9 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above a master sergeant/first sergeant and below a warrant officer. It is equal in grade to sergeant major
- under-sergeantA non-commissioned officer army rank immediately below a sergeant; corporal.
- desk sergeantA sergeant who has an administrative position inside of a police station.
- sergeant-majorlyIn the manner of a sergeant major.
- sergeant at maceA low-ranking executive officer who carries a mace as a badge of office.
- sergeant major loachA South Asian freshwater fish, commonly held in aquarium, Botia rostrata.
Compound words 6
- sergeantryAlternative form of serjeanty: A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage)
- sergeantessA female sergeant.
- sergeantiesplural of sergeanty: A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage)
- sergeantriesplural of sergeantry: A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage)
- sergeantshipThe qualities, role, or position of a sergeant.
- sergeantshipsplural of sergeantship: The qualities, role, or position of a sergeant.