staff sergeantn.
/ˈstɑːf ˌsɑːdʒ(ə)nt/, /ˈstaf ˌsɑːdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈstæf ˌsɑrdʒənt/ Military.
Originally: a non-commissioned officer serving on the staff of a regiment, division, or brigade. Now: any of various non-commissioned officers in different services ranking just above a sergeant (or in the United States Air Force, an airman).
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1791 Jrnls. House of Commons 46 542 An Augmentation of the Establishmt of..Two Staff Serjeants to each of the Four Marching Battalions.
1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) §26. 121 On no account is any Non-Commissioned Officer acting as a Staff-Serjeant to be employed as a Pay-Serjeant.
1944 Baltimore Sun 2 Aug. 2/4 Staff Sergeant Thomas E. Laffitte..skidded into another foxhole so fast he lost his rifle at the entrance.
1978 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 30 May [He] was a staff sergeant stationed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.
2009 N. Reding Methland 18 James..entered the army a grunt and left it six years later a proud staff sergeant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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