Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sergeantship .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The rank or office of a
sergeant ;sergeantship .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dumas, père, was the son of General Dumas, another extraordinary figure who rose from a sergeancy to the post of general-inchief in the armies of France in twenty-two months.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Dumas, père, was the son of General Dumas, another extraordinary figure who rose from a sergeancy to the post of general-inchief in the armies of France in twenty-two months.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Dumas, père, was the son of General Dumas, another extraordinary figure who rose from a sergeancy to the post of general-inchief in the armies of France in twenty-two months.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Chuck's last letter had contained the news of his sergeancy.
One Basket Edna Ferber 1926
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Chuck's last letter had contained the news of his sergeancy.
Half Portions Edna Ferber 1926
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At first Jimmy thought they were the perpetrators of the deed, but almost immediately he recognized one of them as O'Donnell, the erstwhile traffic officer who had been promoted to a detective sergeancy since
The Efficiency Expert Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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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.
The River's End James Oliver Curwood 1903
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"There is no doubt in your mind that I hold a sergeancy in the service, is there, Walker?" he asked.
Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail James Oliver Curwood 1903
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