sergeant
noun
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
sergeancy
-
a word derived from
sergeant.
Example Sentences
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In World War I he rose to a sergeancy in a field ambulance unit in France.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'll have you a sergeancy within a month.
From The River's End by James Oliver Curwood
As proof of it you'll lug your own clothes down in a bundle along with any other little identifying things you may have, and there's a sergeancy waiting.
From The River's End by James Oliver Curwood
For more than a year Private McKinley carried a musket, and on the 15th of April, 1862, was promoted to a sergeancy.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
“There is no doubt in your mind that I hold a sergeancy in the service, is there, Walker?” he asked.
From Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail by James Oliver Curwood
