Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sergeantship .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
sergeancy .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
sergeancy .
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Examples
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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
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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
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"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
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It may be worth mentioning that he kept on saving life after he was given his sergeantcy.
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It may be worth mentioning that he kept on saving life after he was given his sergeantcy.
An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913
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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
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Philip was not thinking of the sergeantcy as he kept steadily along the edge of the Barren.
The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903
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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
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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
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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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