The sergeantbarkedout asuccessionofordersto the newrecruits.
The sergeant wasreducedto theranksfor hiscowardice.
By theageof 25 he'd already got his thirdstripeandbecomea sergeant.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ranks in the Army
brigadier
brigadier general
col
colonel
Corp.
corporal
field marshal
general
lance corporal
Lieut.
major
major general
private
sarge
sergeant major
Sgt
staff officer
subaltern
sergeantnoun[C](POLICE OFFICER)
in the UK and some othercountries, apoliceofficerwhoserankis aboveconstableand belowinspector, or, in the US, apoliceofficerwhoserankis below acaptain:
Asergeant, three drummers, and ninety-eight soldiers rounded out the ensemble of supernumeraries, constituting a vast expense.
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At least two planes were heard, a policesergeantsaid, but they could not be seen above the clouds.
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Apart from the common guards, there was only one - -sergeant-major (ba shjawish), who could not guard all prisoners that had to work outside the prison.
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Sergeantoffered to fell them in return for the timber, which was processed in situ by a tracker mill.
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From the outset, then, the army is presented in a negative light, and its representative, the recruitingsergeant, as dishonest.
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The man observed thesergeantof the soldiers who was preparing to go home.
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He joined the army in 1921 and became asergeantin 1928.
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However, his view of his personal qualities seemed at variance with his role as asergeantmajor.
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Barely literate, he was only asergeant-major when the revolution that hurled him to prominence broke out in 1974.
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The highest ranked among them was asergeant.
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The sergeants each carried one.
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Thesergeanthad no instructions to act in the manner described.
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Of these the county will be charged with the expenses of three district inspectors, four head constables, and 199 sergeants and constables.
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There were 7 district inspectors, 28 head constables, 136 sergeants, and 32 acting sergeants.
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There were 7 district inspectors, 28 head constables, 132 sergeants, and 34 acting sergeants.
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Collocationswithsergeant
sergeant
These are words often used in combination withsergeant.
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drill sergeant
As adrillsergeanthe had over 16,000 men through his hands.
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platoon sergeant
Without the equivalent of a proper troop sergeant orplatoonsergeant, how can we fight?
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police sergeant
At least two planes were heard, apolicesergeantsaid, but they could not be seen above the clouds.
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