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Sgt.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Sergeant.


Sgt British  

abbreviation

  1. Sergeant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 years old, of Bellevue, Neb., posted a short message on Facebook after she learned that her son had been killed in Kuwait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Tell that to Sgt. 1st Class Kate Cole, a transgender woman who enlisted at 17 and has spent her entire adult life in the Army.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

In "Fashioning the Beatles," Kelly documents key shifts in the Beatles' appearance, from their leather-clad Hamburg days through their heady embrace of psychedelia during the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" era.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

Scientists used mitochondrial DNA along with a chest X-ray and other tools to identify Army Sgt. 1st Class James L. Wilkinson late last year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting agency said in a news release.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

When Sgt. 1st Class William Reinier logs in to Reddit at work, he’s not doing it to kill time or slack off.

From Slate • May 18, 2023