(military) UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks. / The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

plural of sergeant

A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.

The fish Latropiscis purpurissatus, of Australia.

plural of sergeant-at-arms

A person charged with keeping order at a meeting.

A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant. (Sometimes abbreviated to "staff").

plural of staff sergeant

plural of colour sergeant

(Britain) A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant ranks above a sergeant and below a warrant officer.