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lance sergeant

lance sergeant noun: formerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal.

Noun

lance sergeant (plural lance sergeants)

  1. Formerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal

Forms of lance sergeant

plurallance sergeants

Questions about lance sergeant

What does lance sergeant mean?
Lance sergeant means formerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal.
What part of speech is lance sergeant?
Lance sergeant is a noun.
What is the plural of lance sergeant?
The plural of lance sergeant is lance sergeants.

Words near lance sergeant in the dictionary

  1. lance corporals
  2. Lance Cove
  3. Lance Creek
  4. lance rest
  5. lance rests
  6. lance sergeant
  7. lance sergeants
  8. lance skink
  9. lance skinks
  10. lance snake
  11. lance-corporal

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