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  Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
     p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
     [Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
     England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
     officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
     officers also.]
     1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
        more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
        duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
        steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
        He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
        officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
        houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
        commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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              The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
              men go.                               --Acts xvi.
                                                    35.
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              This fell sergeant, Death,
              Is strict in his arrest.              --Shak.
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     2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
        officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
        instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
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     Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
           belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
           a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
           officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
           the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
           quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
           colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
           care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
           have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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     3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
        doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
        [Eng.] --Blackstone.
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     4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
        as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
        surgeon. [Eng.]
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     5. (Zo["o]l.) The cobia.
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     Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
  
     Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
        deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
        in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
        Sergeant, 1.
  
     Sergeant major.
        (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
        (b) (Zo["o]l.) The cow pilot.
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  Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
     p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
     [Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
     England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
     officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
     officers also.]
     1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
        more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
        duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
        steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
        He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
        officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
        houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
        commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
  
              The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
              men go.                               --Acts xvi.
                                                    35.
  
              This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
        officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
        instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
  
     Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
           belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
           a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
           officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
           the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
           quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
           colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
           care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
           have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
  
     3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
        doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
        [Eng.] --Blackstone.
  
     4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
        as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
        surgeon. [Eng.]
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) The cobia.
  
     Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
  
     Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
        deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
        in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
        Sergeant, 1.
  
     Sergeant major.
        (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
        (b) (Zo["o]l.) The cow pilot.

  sergeant
       n 1: any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or
            air force or marines ranking above a corporal
       2: a lawman with the rank of sergeant [syn: police sergeant]
       3: an English barrister of the highest rank [syn: serjeant-at-law,
           serjeant, sergeant-at-law]

  sergeant
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 λοχίας
     2 (ΗΒ) σμηνίας

  sergeant
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm serjaunt)
     n.
     1 (lb en military) 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.

  Sergeant
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a servant.

  sergeant
     n.
     1 (lb en military) 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.

  Sergeant
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a servant.

  sergeant
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm serjaunt)
     n.
     1 (lb en military) 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.

  Sergeant
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a servant.

  sergeant
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm serjaunt)
     n.
     1 (lb en military) 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.

  Sergeant
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a servant.

  sergeant
     Englanti n.
     1 kersantti
     2 ylikonstaapeli

  sergeant
     n.
     1 (tagg: kat=militärt) grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över
  korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över
  furir och under fänrik
     2 röd-gul-randigt vägmärke som markerar tillfälliga hinder, till
  exempel vägarbeten

  sergeant
     n.
     1 (tagg: kat=militärt) grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över
  korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över
  furir och under fänrik
     2 röd-gul-randigt vägmärke som markerar tillfälliga hinder, till
  exempel vägarbeten

  Sergeant /zˌɛɾɡeːˈant/
  çawiş

  Sergeant /zˌɛɾɡeːˈant/
  sergeant

  Sergeant /zˌɛɾɡeːˈant/
  sargento

  Sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/
  العريف

  sergeant //ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt// //ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt// 
  сержа́нт, сержант
  non-commissioned officer rank

  sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/ 
  seržant

  sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/ 
  četař

  Sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/
   [Br.]  [Can.] Feldwebel  [Dt.] Fw.,  /ˌɛfdˈʌbəljˌuː/ , Oberfeldwebel  [Dt.] OFw.,  /ˈɒfwə/ , Stabswachtmeister [Ös.] StWm.,  /sənt dˌʌbəljˌuːˈɛm/ , Feldweibel  [Schw.]  [mil.] Fw.,  /ˌɛfdˈʌbəljˌuː/
           Note: Dienstgrad
     Synonyms: Sarge, Staff Sergeant
  

  Sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/ (SGT /ˌɛsdʒˌiːtˈiː/)
   [Br.]  [Am.]  [Can.] Unteroffizier  [Dt.] Uffz.,  /ˈʌfz/ , Stabsunteroffizier  [Dt.] StUffz.,  /sənt ˈʌfz/ , Wachtmeister [Ös.]  [Schw.] Wm.,  /dˌʌbəljˌuːˈɛm/ , Oberwachtmeister [Ös.]  [Schw.]  [mil.] OWm.,  /ˈəʊm/
           Note: Dienstgrad
     Synonyms: Sarge, Master Corporal
  
   see: junior NCO, senior NCO, Senior Enlisted, corporal, staff sergeant, sergeant on duty, duty NCO
  

  sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/
   [police] Polizeimeister , Polizeimeisterin 

  sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/
  
  αρχιφύλακας, λοχίας

  sergeant //ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt// //ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt// 
  kersantti
  non-commissioned officer rank

  sergeant /sɑːdʒənt/
  sergent

  sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/ 
  1. सार्जेंट
        "To be sergeant do L.L.भ्."

  sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/
  narednik, podnarednik, vodnik

  sergeant /sˈɑːdʒənt/
  1. hûbéres
  2. tiszthelyettes
  3. szakaszvezetô
  4. fegyveres lovag
  5. ôrmester
  6. testôr

  sergeant //ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt// //ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt// 
  sersan
  non-commissioned officer rank

  sergeant //ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt// //ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt// 
  軍曹
  non-commissioned officer rank

  sergeant /sɑːdʒənt/
  sergeant

  sergeant //ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt// //ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt// 
  sersjant
  non-commissioned officer rank

  sergeant /ˈsɑ:ʤənt/ 
   1.  sierżant
   2.  [BR]  starszy posterunkowy

  sergeant /sɑːdʒənt/
  sargento

  sergeant //ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt// //ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt// 
  sergeant
  non-commissioned officer rank

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  сержа́нт
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sɛrʒɑnt/
  Sergeant

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  λοχίας
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sɛrʒɑnt/
  sergeant

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  kersantti
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sɛrʒɑnt/
  sergent

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  sersan
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
   [1. een rang onder de onderofficieren] sergente

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  seržantas
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  sierżant
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  sargento
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  сержа́нт
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  sargento
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sˌɛrɣəˈɑnt/ 
  sergeant
  1. een rang onder de onderofficieren

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  сержа́нт
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  Stabsunteroffizier, Feldwebel
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  λοχίας
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈeːrənˌad/
  sergeant

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  kersantti
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  sergent
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  sergente
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  軍曹
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  sergeant
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  sersjant
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  sierżant
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  sargento
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  сержа́нт
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  sargento
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  sergeant /sˈɛrjəˌant/ 
  çavuş
  grad inom det militära, i dag närmast över korpral och under förste sergeant, tidigare (före 2009) närmast över furir och under fänrik

  
/zɛɾˈgəɑnt/

  
/ˈsɑɹdʒənt/

  
/sɛrɧ'anːt/

  SERGEANT or SERJEANT, Eng. law. An officer in the courts of the highest 
  grade among the practitioners of the law. 
  
  

  SERGEANT or SERJEANT, in the army. An inferior officer of a company of foot, 
  or troop of dragoons appointed to see discipline observed, to teach the 
  soldiers the exercise of their arms, and to order, straighten and form 
  ranks, files, &c. 
  
  

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "sergeant":
     G-man, MP, NCO, acting corporal, acting sergeant, bailiff, beadle,
     beagle, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, centurion,
     chief of police, chief warrant officer, color sergeant,
     commissioner, constable, corporal, deputy, deputy sheriff,
     detective, fed, federal, first sergeant, flic, gendarme,
     government man, havildar, inspector, lance corporal,
     lance sergeant, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal,
     master sergeant, mess sergeant, mounted policeman, naik, narc,
     noncom, noncommissioned officer, officer, patrolman, peace officer,
     platoon sergeant, police captain, police commissioner,
     police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer,
     police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, reeve,
     roundsman, sarge, sergeant at arms, sergeant first class,
     sergeant major, sheriff, staff sergeant, superintendent,
     technical sergeant, tipstaff, tipstaves, top sergeant, topkick,
     trooper, warrant officer
  
  

  n. 警官;

     n. 警官,军士