Word.ws English Dictionary

detective sergeants

detective sergeants is the plural of detective sergeant.

Meaning of detective sergeant

Noun

detective sergeant (plural detective sergeants)

  1. A British police sergeant qualified to manage investigations into serious and complex crimes.
    • DCI Tom Barnaby: ... so far, your detective sergeant is absolutely believable.
      Nico Bentley: Terrific. Why?
      Barnaby: You've observed Rule Number 1: Always keep the governor waiting.2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders
    Synonyms:
    sarge, skipper, skip, bagman
  2. A police officer of equivalent position in other countries.

Questions about detective sergeants

What is detective sergeants the plural of?
Detective sergeants is the plural of detective sergeant.

Words near detective sergeants in the dictionary

  1. detective
  2. detective gag
  3. detective gags
  4. detective inspector
  5. detective sergeant
  6. detective sergeants
  7. detective work
  8. detectived
  9. detectivelike
  10. detectives
  11. detectiving

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: detective sergeants (page history and authors); detective sergeant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “detective sergeants.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/detective_sergeants. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.