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Sergeant

noun

Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal.

A lawman with the rank of sergeant. Synonym: police sergeant.

An English barrister of the highest rank. Synonyms: sergeant-at-law, serjeant, serjeant-at-law.

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"Sergeant" Quotes from Famous Books

... to his companion, who remained standing, "there is to be no touch of ceremony here to-night. Gentlemen, I am Captain Wells, formerly of the army, now Indian agent at Fort Wayne; and this is Sergeant Jordan." ...

— When Wilderness Was King - A Tale of the Illinois Country • Randall Parrish

... of Wales for the specific performance of a covenant to grant a lease, and Coke said that it would subvert the intention of the covenantor, since he intends it to be at his election either to lose the damages or to make the lease. Sergeant Harra for the plaintiff confessed that he moved the matter against his conscience, and a prohibition was granted. This goes further than we should go now, but it shows what I venture to say has been the common law point of view from the beginning, ...

— The Path of the Law • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

... the police have seen him," he assured her. "We had better send Thalassa in the car to the churchtown. Go for Sergeant Pengowan, Thalassa, and tell him to come at once. And afterwards you had better call at Mr. Austin Turold's lodgings and tell him and his son. Hurry away with you, my man. ...

— The Moon Rock • Arthur J. Rees

... (mostly on mother's part) about Jim, who is "wild," and is supposed to be somewhere out back. There was "a piece of blue paper" out for Jim on account of sweating (illegally using) a horse, but his mother or father has got a hint—given in a kindly way by the police-sergeant—that Jim is free to come home and stay at home if he behaves himself. (There is usually a horse missing when Jim goes ...

— Children of the Bush • Henry Lawson

... they put him in the cells till the morning?" said the colonel, testily. "See if they've damaged him, sergeant." ...

— Short-Stories • Various

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