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sargeant

sargeant is the misspelling of sergeant.

Meaning of sergeant

Noun

sergeant (plural sergeants)

  1. A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
    Synonyms:
    sarge, sarnt
  2. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
    • “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!
  3. (historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
    • All other sergeants and barristers indiscriminately (except in the Court of Common Pleas, where only sergeants are admitted) may take upon them the protection and defense of any suitors.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  4. (UK, historical) A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
    • sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon
  5. A bailiff.
  6. A servant in monastic offices.

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Proper noun capitalized: Sargeant

Sargeant (countable and uncountable, plural Sargeants)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.
  2. A township and minor city therein, in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

Forms of sargeant

pluralSargeants

Words formed from sargeant

Questions about sargeant

What does sargeant mean?
Sargeant means a surname originating as an occupation for a servant.
What is sargeant the misspelling of?
Sargeant is the misspelling of sergeant.
What part of speech is sargeant?
Sargeant is a proper noun.

Words near sargeant in the dictionary

  1. sargassum
  2. sargassum fish
  3. sargassum fishes
  4. sargassums
  5. sarge
  6. sargeant
  7. Sargeants
  8. sarged
  9. sargenoside
  10. Sargent
  11. Sargent County

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