FIRST SERGEANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant

Synonyms:

first sergeant; sergeant first class

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("first sergeant" is a kind of...):

sergeant (any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "first sergeant"):

orderly sergeant (the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders)

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