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.

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(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.

Noun

(en noun)

A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.

A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.

A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four star general.

The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.

(obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of Europe and America, especially a red admiral or white admiral.