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s | sergeant |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun sergeant is

.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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

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