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color sergeant
noun
- a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of color sergeant1
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Example Sentences
When the battle began, the color-sergeant had received a ball in the breast, and had fallen dead.
The color sergeant, seeing that an attack upon us was threatened, drew his revolver and stood on the defensive.
Our color sergeant, Charles Becherer, was shot in the right shoulder and disabled.
The color guard, by command of the senior color sergeant, presents arms on receiving and parting with the color.
The senior color sergeant carries the national color; the junior color sergeant carries the regimental color.
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