color sergeant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of color sergeant
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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And they appointed Mrs. Samuel Bloomer, widow of the Company's color sergeant to be custodian of their battle flag.
From Time Magazine Archive
He remembered suddenly the day Jackson had come upon some of his troops letting a valiant Yankee color sergeant withdraw after a great fight.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
"One more—" Beside him the color sergeant gave a moan and bent in the middle like a hinge.
From The Littlest Rebel by Peple, Edward Henry
The color sergeant of the Tenth Cavalry, Adam Houston, bore to the front not only his own flags, but those of the Third Cavalry when the latter's color sergeant was shot down.
From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various
Bishop Perry of Rhode Island was named as color sergeant.
From Average Americans by Roosevelt, Theodore
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