Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as sergeantship.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as sergeancy.

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  • noun Alternative form of sergeancy.

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Examples

  • He went into one of the New Mexican troops, and by his high qualities and zealous attention to duty speedily rose to a sergeantcy, and finally won his lieutenancy for gallantry in action.

    The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

  • Mal took an honorable discharge, brought Celeste and Stefan to America, returned to his LAPD sergeantcy and divorced Laura.

    The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

  • "It may be worth mentioning," says Roosevelt, "that he kept on saving life after he was given his sergeantcy."

    Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Harold Howland

  • It may be worth mentioning that he kept on saving life after he was given his sergeantcy.

    VI. The New York Police 1913

  • It may be worth mentioning that he kept on saving life after he was given his sergeantcy.

    An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

  • By the police he was earnestly desired as the most dangerous murderer at large in all the north, and the lucky man who captured him, dead or alive, was sure of a sergeantcy.

    The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • Philip was not thinking of the sergeantcy as he kept steadily along the edge of the Barren.

    The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • He went into one of the New Mexican troops, and by his high qualities and zealous attention to duty speedily rose to a sergeantcy, and finally won his lieutenancy for gallantry in action.

    II. To Cuba 1899

  • He went into one of the New Mexican troops, and by his high qualities and zealous attention to duty speedily rose to a sergeantcy, and finally won his lieutenancy for gallantry in action.

    The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt 1888

  • It may be worth mentioning that he kept on saving life after he was given his sergeantcy.

    Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888

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