color sergeant

American  

noun

1. a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.

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Etymology

Origin of color sergeant

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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

Lopez called a lieutenant of Austrian cavalry to his right upon the sofa, and the Dragoon color sergeant to his left, and the three of them sat thenceforth in judgment.

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)

"Be you color sergeant?" says I. "Not me," says Link; "the sergeant's dead, but when he fell, he handed me this bit o' rubbish—red and white and blue."

From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various

"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