| Meaning | Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal. |
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| Narrower | color sergeant | A sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors |
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| first sergeant, sergeant first class | A sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant |
| gunnery sergeant | A noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines |
| master sergeant | A senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines |
| recruiting-sergeant | A sergeant deputized to enlist recruits |
| senior master sergeant, SMSgt | A senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army |
| sergeant major, command sergeant major | A noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army |
| staff sergeant | A noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman 1st class in the Air Force |
| technical sergeant | A noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines |
| Broader | noncommissioned officer, noncom, enlisted officer | A military officer appointed from enlisted / enlisted personnel |
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| Spanish | sargento |
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| Catalan | sergent |
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