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color sergeant

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of color sergeant1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences

He was then a color sergeant for the Marines, and already stationed in Quantico.

Davis had read letters that said William - a color sergeant in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, part of the Union Army’s famed Iron Brigade - died after being taken by ambulance for treatment.

The event includes the Marines’ drum and bugle corps, the silent drill platoon, a 24-rifle precision drill team and the Marine color guard and color sergeant.

He remembered suddenly the day Jackson had come upon some of his troops letting a valiant Yankee color sergeant withdraw after a great fight.

The one, in the hands of the color sergeants, guided our movements in the army; but the other, in woman’s hand, inspired our movements everywhere.

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