Definition of sergeants in English

Wiktionary

sergeants (Noun)
Plural of sergeant.

Part of speech

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sergeants, noun, plural of sergeant.

WordNet

Noun Plural: sergeants
sergeant - any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
		enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
		color sergeant a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
		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
		command sergeant major, sergeant major large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
		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
sergeant - a lawman with the rank of sergeant
		police sergeant
		law officer, lawman, peace officer an officer of the law
		buck sergeant a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military
sergeant - an English barrister of the highest rank
		serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law

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Wiktionary

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

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

sergeant (n.)
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.
sergeant (n.)
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.
sergeant (n.)
A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
sergeant (n.)
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon.
sergeant (n.)
The cobia.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

sergeant
Serjeant, sär′jent, n. a non-commissioned officer of the army and marines next above a corporal, overlooking the soldiers in barracks, and assisting the officers in all ways in the field: a bailiff: a constable: a servant in monastic offices: a police-officer of superior rank.—ns. Ser′geancy, Ser′geantcy, Ser′geantship, office of a sergeant; Ser′geant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body for keeping order, &c.; Ser′geant-fish, the cobra, so called from the lateral stripes; Ser′geant-mā′jor, the highest non-commissioned officer, employed to assist the adjutant: the cow-pilot, a fish; Ser′geantry, Ser′geanty, a kind of feudal tenure on condition of service due to the king only; Ser′jeant-at-arms, an officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit: a similar officer who attends on each House of Parliament, and arrests any person ordered by the House to be arrested; Ser′jeant-at-law, formerly in England the highest degree of barrister, once with exclusive audience in the Court of Common Pleas, their proper dress a violet-coloured robe with a scarlet hood, and a black coif, represented in modern times by a patch of silk at the top of the wig.—Grand sergeanty, a tenure of lands by special honorary service to the king; Petit sergeanty, a tenure of lands by a rent or tender. [Fr. sergent—L. serviens, -entis, pr.p. of servīre, to serve.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

sergeant
The senior non-commissioned rank in the army and marines.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

sergeant
A non-commissioned officer in a company, battery, or troop, usually selected from among the corporals on account of his general intelligence and good conduct. He is vested with the command of small detachments, and sometimes with his company in the absence of his superior officers.

Wikipedia

Sergeant is a rank used in most militaries, policeforces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. The word comes from the Latin "serviens", "one who serves", through the French term "Sergent".

A sergeant (Sgt) in the British Army wears three point-down chevrons, or "checks" on their sleeve. They usually serves as a platoon, troop, or group sergeant, or in a specialist position.

A Lance-Sergeant (LSgt) was originally a Corporal doing the work of a Sergeant. The job is now used mostly in the Guards, where it is given to all Corporals. A Lance-Sergeant in the Guards and Honourable Artillery Company wears three chevrons, and is considered senior or higher up to "normal" Corporals. For most purposes, he still remains a Corporal rather than an acting Sergeant (e.g., he will typically command a section). In the Household Cavalry, the same rank is Lance-Corporal of Horse.

The official spelling was Serjeant (Sjt) (still used by The Rifles) until after World War II, although the modern spelling had already been in common use for many years.