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Sergeant vs Sargent - What's the difference?

sergeant | sargent |

As proper nouns the difference between sergeant and sargent

is that sergeant is {{surname|lang=en} while Sargent is {{surname|lang=en}.

As a noun sergeant

is uK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.

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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    sargent

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Sargent) (en proper noun)
  • A city in Nebraska.