NOUN | person | sergeant | any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal |
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person | sergeant, police sergeant | a lawman with the rank of sergeant | |
person | sergeant, serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law | an English barrister of the highest rank |
Sounds | saa'rjhahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | A lawman with the rank of sergeant. | |
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Synonym | police sergeant | |
Narrower | buck sergeant | A sergeant of the lowest rank in the military |
desk sergeant, deskman, station keeper | The police sergeant on duty in a police station | |
Broader | lawman, law officer, peace officer | An officer of the law |
Spanish | sargento de la policía, sargento de policía, sargento | |
Catalan | sergent de policia, sergent |
Meaning | An English barrister of the highest rank. | |
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Synonyms | serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law | |
Broader | barrister | A British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution |
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