Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a sergeant or serjeant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of sergeant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The qualities, role, or position of a
sergeant .
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Examples
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Her mother replied that policemen were greatly sought after as husbands for several reasons -- firstly, they were big men, and big men are always good to look upon; secondly, their social standing was very high and their respectability undoubted; thirdly, a policeman's pay was such as would bring comfort to any household which was not needlessly and criminally extravagant; and this was often supplemented in a variety of ways which rumor only hinted at: there was also the safe prospect of a pension and the possibility of a sergeantship, where the emoluments were very great: and fourthly, a policeman, being subjected for many years to a rigorous discipline, would likely make a nice and obedient husband.
Mary, Mary James Stephens 1916
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