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Narrator: Today's word is "Sergeant" — noun, pronounced /ˈsɑːdʒənt/, with the stress on "ser".
Narrator: A sergeant is a middle-ranking officer in the army, air force or police.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a team leader rank in uniform.
Narrator: It comes from Latin serviens, serving.
Narrator: A common collocation is "police sergeant", which describes the rank above constable.
Narrator: It differs from "officer", because commissioned officers rank above sergeants.
Narrator: In a second sense, "sergeant major" is a senior non-commissioned rank.
Narrator: The military, policing, history and drama all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a sergeant leads the team on the ground.
Speaker A: Who gave the orders on parade?
Speaker B: The SERGEANT! From Latin serviens, serving.
Speaker A: Very loud?
Speaker B: Loudest voice on the base.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Sergeant Smith led the patrol", army. "She was promoted to sergeant", police. "Sergeant Pepper's album", music.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "sergeant", with "-ea-", and say "SAR-junt".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Corporal is its cousin, inspector its twin, and officer an alternative — yet sergeant keeps its commanding charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "sergeant" in AI prompts — useful for police training and history.
Speaker A: How for police?
Speaker B: Roles.
Prompt: Explain the duties of a UK police sergeant compared with a constable.
Speaker A: And history?
Speaker B: Records.
Prompt: Summarise this First World War sergeant’s service record for a family tree.
Speaker A: Could it help fiction?
Speaker B: Yes, for characters.
Prompt: Write a gruff but kind army sergeant in three lines of dialogue.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Spelling.
Prompt: Correct every misspelling of sergeant in this report.
Sergeant — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary