sergeant

English

Alternative forms

• serjant (obsolete)
• sergeaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sergeant, sergeaunt, serjent, serjaunt, serjawnt, sergant, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem, accusative of serviens (“a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“serve, be a slave to”). More at servant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wikipedia sergeant (plural sergeants)

1. UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
2. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, Well Tackled!^[1]:

     “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.

Translations

noncommissioned officer rank

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍士 (cmn), 军士 (cmn) (jūnshì), 警官 (cmn) (jǐngguān)

• Czech: četař (cs) m
• Dutch: sergeant (nl)
• Finnish: kersantti (fi)
• French: sergent (fr)
• German: Feldwebel (de)
• Greek: λοχίας (el) (lochías) m and f
• Hebrew: סָמַל
• Hungarian: szakaszvezető
• Indonesian: sersan (id)
• Italian: sergente (it)
• Japanese: 軍曹 (ja) (ぐんそう, gunsō)

• Jèrriais: sèrgent m
• Korean: 중사 (ko) (jungsa)
• Macedonian: водник (mk) (vódnik) m, наредник (mk) (nárednik) m
• Malay: sarjan (ms)
• Polish: sierżant (pl) m
• Portuguese: sargento (pt)
• Russian: сержант (ru) (seržánt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: narednik (sh) m, narednica (sh) f, vodnik m
• Slovene: vódnik (sl) m, vódnica (sl) f
• Spanish: sargento (es) m
• Swedish: sergeant (sv)
• Turkish: çavuş (tr)

Related terms

• sergeant baker
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Anagrams

• estrange, grantees, greatens, reagents, rentages, segreant, sternage