staff sergeant

English

Noun

staff sergeant (plural staff sergeants)

1. A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant. (Sometimes abbreviated to "staff").
2. (British, Army) A non-commissioned officer in the British Army, ranking above a sergeant and below a warrant officer class 2.
3. (US, Army) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above sergeant and below sergeant first class.
4. (US, Marines) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above sergeant and below gunnery sergeant.
5. (US, Air Force) A non-commissioned officer in United States Air Force, ranking above senior airman and below technical sergeant.
6. (entomology) A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma selenophora, of tropical and subtropical Asia.

Translations

staff sergeant (rank)

• Czech: rotný (cs)
• Hungarian: őrmester (hu)
• Macedonian: постар водник m (postar vodnik)
• Maori: haihana karauna
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• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: надна́реднӣк m, наднаредница f

  Roman: nadnárednīk (sh) m, nadnarednica f

References

• Staff Sergeants, US Army
• Enlisted Ranks of the US Army
• British Army Ranks and Insignia