Meaning

2 senses
  1. A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant (or, in the US Air Force, above a senior airman).

    a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman 1st class in the Air Force

  2. A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma selenophora, of tropical and subtropical Asia.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The sergeant and staff sergeant, as junior NCOs, provide direct supervision of enlisted personnel.

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Forms

plural: staff sergeants
Singularstaff sergeant
Pluralstaff sergeants

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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