Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 2 compound words that contain sergeants. The most common are listed below. Open sergeants in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- drill sergeantsplural of drill sergeant: drill instructor
- sergeants majorplural 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 …
- sergeants-at-lawplural of sergeant-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.
- colour sergeantsplural of colour sergeant: A 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.
- desk sergeantsplural of desk sergeant: A sergeant who has an administrative position inside of a police station.
- detective sergeantsplural of detective sergeant: A British police sergeant qualified to manage investigations into serious and complex crimes.
- false sergeantsplural of false sergeant: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Pseudathyma; distinguished from the sergeants.
- first sergeantsplural of first sergeant: In 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 sergeantsplural of lance sergeant: Formerly, 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 sergeantsplural of master sergeant: A 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 sergeantsplural of police sergeant: A rank of law enforcement who supervises officers and handles daily precinct operations.
- quartermaster sergeantsplural of quartermaster sergeant: A class of rank or appointment in some armed forces, especially those of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
- staff sergeantsplural of staff sergeant: A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant (or, in the US Air Force, above a senior airman).
- technical sergeantsplural of technical sergeant: A non-commissioned officer ranking above staff sergeant and below master sergeant.
- under-sergeantsplural of under-sergeant: A non-commissioned officer army rank immediately below a sergeant; corporal.
- gunnery sergeantsplural of gunnery sergeant: A 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.
- saddler sergeantsplural of saddler sergeant: A sergeant in the cavalry who has charge of the saddlers.
- orange staff sergeantsplural of orange staff sergeant: A nymphalid butterfly of species Athyma cama, of tropical and subtropical Asia.
- sergeants at maceplural of sergeant at mace: A low-ranking executive officer who carries a mace as a badge of office.
- sergeants first classplural of sergeant first class: A non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant or first sergeant.
- sergeants-at-armsplural of sergeant-at-arms: A person charged with keeping order at a meeting, especially a meeting of the legislature.
- master gunnery sergeantsplural of master gunnery sergeant: A 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
- company sergeants majorplural of company sergeant major: An appointment in the army, the senior warrant officer in a company, usually held by a warrant officer class 2.
- regimental sergeants majorplural of regimental sergeant major: The senior warrant officer in a regiment or battalion, usually a warrant officer class 1.
Compound words 2
- sergeantshipThe qualities, role, or position of a sergeant.
- sergeantshipsplural of sergeantship: The qualities, role, or position of a sergeant.