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staff sergeant

noun
  1. U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
  2. U.S. Army. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a sergeant first class and above a sergeant.
  3. U.S. Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a gunnery sergeant and above a sergeant.

Origin of staff sergeant

First recorded in 1805–15
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Examples from the Web for staff sergeant

Historical Examples of staff sergeant

  • It was on this day that my nephew, Staff-Sergeant Nickson, was wounded.

    Five Months at Anzac

    Joseph Lievesley Beeston

British Dictionary definitions for staff sergeant

staff sergeant

noun military
  1. British a noncommissioned officer holding a rank between sergeant and warrant officer and employed on administrative duties
  2. US
    1. (in the Army) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above sergeant and below sergeant first class
    2. (in the Air Force) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above airman first class and below technical sergeant
    3. (in the Marine Corps) a noncommissioned officer who ranks above sergeant and below gunnery sergeant
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