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Foreman vs Sergeant - What's the difference?

foreman | sergeant |

As nouns the difference between foreman and sergeant

is that foreman is the leader of a work crew while sergeant is uK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.

As proper nouns the difference between foreman and sergeant

is that foreman is {{surname} while Sergeant is {{surname|lang=en}.

foreman

English

(wikipedia foreman)

Noun

(foremen)
  • (management) The leader of a work crew.
  • (legal) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
  • (historical, US, during the era of slavery) A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

    • Derived terms

    * foremanship

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals

    sergeant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete) * sergeaunt (obsolete) * serjeant (obsolete)

    Noun

    (wikipedia sergeant) (en noun)
  • UK army rank with NATO code , senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
  • The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=13 citation , passage=“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant .}}
  • (legal, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
    • (Blackstone)
  • (UK, historical)
    • sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon
  • A fish, the cobia.

    • Related terms

    * sergeant baker * sarge

    Anagrams

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