<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.</li><li>U.S. Air Force: any noncommissioned officer above the rank of airman first class.</li><li>A police officer ranking immediately below a captain or a lieutenant in the U.S. and immediately below an inspector in Britain.</li><li>A title of a particular office or function at the court of a monarch (often used in combination): sergeant of the larder; sergeant-caterer.</li><li>Sergeant at arms.</li><li>Also called sergeant at law (formerly) a member of a superior order of barristers.</li><li>Sergeantfish.</li><li>(Initial capital letter) a surface-to-surface, single-stage, U.S. ballistic missile.</li><li>A tenant by military service, below the rank of knight.</li></ul>