Sergeant

(sür'jānt.) [Fr. sergent; L.serviens, serving.] (Mil.) Anon-commi ioned officer ranking one grade above a corporal, in a company of infantry or troop of cavalry; his duties comprising the ordering and forming of the ranks, preserving discipline, . A sergeant major, anon-commi ioned officer, one grade above aS., a ists the adjutant of a regiment in his duties. Color-S. are non-commi ioned officers detailed to attend the officers who have charge of the colors of a battalion, .-(Eng. Law.) See SERJEANT. [s. 815]