Definition of Sergeant

Sergeant

Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.

In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.

A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.

A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon.

The cobia.

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Sergeant Quotations

The sergeant is the Army.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am.
Richard H. Davis

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
John Sergeant Wise

Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary.
Amy Klobuchar

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.
Michael Bergin

I'm like Sergeant Schultz, I know nothing. We are trying to share ideas around the world. We don't just come up with a great idea in Brazil and ignore it in the rest of the world.
Rick Wagoner

You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit.
John Newcombe

Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me.
Al Stewart

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.
Douglas Jerrold

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Sergeant Translations

sergeant in Dutch is sergeant
sergeant in French is sergent
sergeant in German is Feldwebel
sergeant in Spanish is sargento

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