master sergeant

noun

Army, Air Force, Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer ranking next to the highest noncommissioned officer.

U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer of one of the three top enlisted grades.

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Origin of master sergeant

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby master sergeant

master of the rolls, master plan, master point, master policy, master race, master sergeant, master warrant officer, master workman, master's degree, master's test, master's two-step exercise test

British Dictionary definitions for master sergeant

master sergeant

noun

a senior noncommissioned officer in the US Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and certain other military forces, ranking immediately below the most senior noncommissioned rank

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