单词 | trench-sergeant |
释义 | > as lemmastrench-sergeant ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officers with other specific functions Master of the Artillery1512 trench-master1577 supernumerary1644 trench-sergeanta1753 beach-master1874 observation officer1904 censor1914 cipher officer1915 range safety officer1942 a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 73 He would make me Trench-Sergeant... In this Duty I was to attend in the Trenches twice a Day,..to have under my Command a Detachment of thirty unarmed Men..to gather the Pick-axes, Shovels, Wheel-Barrows, etc. that should be left or scattered by the Workmen. < as lemmas |
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