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POLICE SERGEANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does police sergeant mean?
• POLICE SERGEANT (noun)
The noun POLICE SERGEANT has 1 sense:
1. a lawman with the rank of sergeant
Familiarity information: POLICE SERGEANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lawman with the rank of sergeant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
police sergeant; sergeant
Hypernyms ("police sergeant" is a kind of...):
law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "police sergeant"):
buck sergeant (a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military)
desk sergeant; deskman; station keeper (the police sergeant on duty in a police station)
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