- sergeant - any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal
--1 is a kind of noncommissioned officer, noncom
--1 has particulars:color sergeant; first sergeant, sergeant first class; gunnery sergeant; master sergeant; recruiting-sergeant; staff sergeant; technical sergeant - police sergeant, sergeant - a lawman with the rank of sergeant
--2 is a kind of lawman, law officer, peace officer
--2 has particulars: desk sergeant, deskman, station keeper; sergeant major- serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law, sergeant - an English barrister of the highest rank
--3 is a kind of barrister
- police sergeant, sergeant - a lawman with the rank of sergeant