Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An acting sergeant; a corporal advanced to assist the officers of a troop or company.
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Examples
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Western Cape police spokesman Captain John Sterrenberg said an off-duty police lance-sergeant was killed after visiting a friend in Manenberg on Saturday afternoon.
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He quoted the case of a Witwatersrand detective lance-sergeant working a
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A police lance-sergeant was shot with a shotgun at 1pm at the parking area near the Golden Acre in the city centre, and a peace observer, June Humphrey, was stabbed during pitched battles as mobs looted shops.
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As the fall set in camp was broken up, and my regiment was to occupy the west block of the permanent barracks, and my reward for the part I had taken during the drill season was promotion to the rank of lance-sergeant, and to my great delight I was occasionally called upon to instruct a squad of recruits.
A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle Edwin George Rundle
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Army life suited Alfred and promotion came quick, and by the time the unit received orders for active service in South Africa he had gained the rank of lance-sergeant.
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