1. sergeant - Noun
2. Sergeant - Proper noun
The cobia.
Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe sergeant is the Army. Dwight D. Eisenhower
An old sergeant said, if you want to get to France in a hurry, then join the ambulance service, the French are big for ambulance service. Frank Buckles
Nice shirt, Fletcher,” said Sergeant Murt Hourihan. "”You looking for a job in a surf store? Eoin Colfer
You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit. John Newcombe
My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant. W. E. B. Griffin
My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist. Michael Bergin