Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sergeant

3 senses of sergeant

Sense 1
sergeant -- (any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal)
       => noncommissioned officer, noncom, enlisted officer -- (a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel)

Sense 2
police sergeant, sergeant -- (a lawman with the rank of sergeant)
       => lawman, law officer, peace officer -- (an officer of the law)

Sense 3
serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law, sergeant -- (an English barrister of the highest rank)
       => barrister -- (a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution)