| 单词 | sergeant |
| 释义 | sergeant —sergeancy /sahr"jeuhn see/, sergeantship, n. /sahr"jeuhnt/, n. 1. a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal. 2. U.S. Air Force. any noncommissioned officer above the rank of airman first class. 3. a police officer ranking immediately below a captain or a lieutenant in the U.S. and immediately below an inspector in Britain. 4. a title of a particular office or function at the court of a monarch (often used in combination): sergeant of the larder; sergeant-caterer. 5. See sergeant at arms. 6. Also called sergeant at law. Brit. (formerly) a member of a superior order of barristers. 7. sergeantfish. 8. (cap.) a surface-to-surface, single-stage, U.S. ballistic missile. 9. a tenant by military service, below the rank of knight. Also, esp. Brit., serjeant (for defs. 1-7, 9). [1150-1200; ME sergant, serjant, serjaunt < OF sergent < L servient- (s. of serviens), prp. of servire. See SERVE, -ENT] |
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