SERGEANT FIRST CLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sergeant first class mean? 

• SERGEANT FIRST CLASS (noun)
  The noun SERGEANT FIRST CLASS has 1 sense:

1. a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant

  Familiarity information: SERGEANT FIRST CLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERGEANT FIRST CLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

first sergeant; sergeant first class

Hypernyms ("sergeant first class" is a kind of...):

sergeant (any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sergeant first class"):

orderly sergeant (the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders)