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colour sergeants

colour sergeants is the plural of colour sergeant.

Meaning of colour sergeant

Noun

colour sergeant (plural colour sergeants)

  1. (UK) 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.
  2. A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma nefte, of tropical Asia.

Questions about colour sergeants

What is colour sergeants the plural of?
Colour sergeants is the plural of colour sergeant.

Words near colour sergeants in the dictionary

  1. colour scheme
  2. colour schemes
  3. colour screw
  4. colour screws
  5. colour sergeant
  6. colour sergeants
  7. colour space
  8. colour stories
  9. colour story
  10. colour supplement
  11. colour supplements

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