sergeant
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
Types & categories
- noncommissioned officer hypernym
- color sergeant hyponym
- first sergeant hyponym
- gunnery sergeant hyponym
- master sergeant hyponym
- recruiting-sergeant hyponym
- senior master sergeant hyponym
- sergeant major hyponym
- staff sergeant hyponym
- technical sergeant hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a lawman with the rank of sergeant
Types & categories
- lawman hypernym
- buck sergeant hyponym
- desk sergeant hyponym
Sense 3 noun
an English barrister of the highest rank
Types & categories
- barrister hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noncommissioned officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | color sergeant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | first sergeant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gunnery sergeant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | master sergeant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recruiting-sergeant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | senior master sergeant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sergeant major |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | staff sergeant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | technical sergeant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lawman |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | buck sergeant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | desk sergeant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | barrister |