English words for 'Alternative form of sergeancy.'
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noun
name
noun
- (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
- (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.
- (photography) Initialism of megapixel.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
- (politics) Initialism of Member of Parliament.
- (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
- a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
adj
name
noun
- (military, US) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above gunnery sergeant and below master gunnery sergeant or sergeant major.
- (military, US) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in grade and pay to a first sergeant.
- (military, US) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, ranking above technical sergeant and below senior master sergeant.
- a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines
noun
name
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of Securities and Futures Commission.
- (computing) Initialism of System File Checker.
- (soccer) Initialism of Southampton Football Club.
- Initialism of Scottish Funding Council.
- (video games) Initialism of Super Famicom.
- (US politics) Initialism of Senate Finance Committee.
- (soccer) Initialism of Sydney Football Club.
- (soccer) Initialism of Sunderland Football Club.
noun
name
noun
- (military) Initialism of petty officer.
- (business) Initialism of purchase order.
- Initialism of playoff.
- Initialism of post office.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police officer.
- Initialism of principal officer.
- an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
- a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
adj
adv
noun
- (military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
- (fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.
- (religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
- (US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
- (historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees.
- (historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
- (religion, historical) A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
- (historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
- (religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
- A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
- (UK, higher education) The head of various colleges and universities.
- (religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
- a high-ranking university administrator
noun
- A military or police post or magistracy.
- An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
- A hide.
- A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
- A hut.
- A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
- (attributive, uncountable) A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.
noun
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of police sergeant, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (nautical) Initialism of paddle steamer.
- Initialism of power supply.
- (government) Initialism of public service(s).
- Initialism of postal service.
- (video games) Initialism of PlayStation.
- (education) Initialism of public school.
- Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote.
- (organic chemistry) polystyrene
- Short for metric horsepower.
- Initialism of Perlman syndrome.
- (sports) Initialism of parallel slalom.
- a note appended to a letter after the signature
adj
name
noun
- (military) Initialism of commissioned officer.
- (poker) Abbreviation of cutoff.
- (military) Initialism of conscientious objector.
- (naturism) Initialism of clothing optional.
- (US, law enforcement) Initialism of correctional officer.
- (military) Initialism of commanding officer.
- Abbreviation of county.
- (US, law enforcement) Initialism of corrections officer.
- (geology) Initialism of common-offset method.
- an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
- one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
name
verb
noun
- (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
- (countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.
- A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
- An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- (paintings) A selected portion of a painting.
- A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- (uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.
- (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
- (uncountable) A profusion of details.
- extended treatment of particulars
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- a crew of workers selected for a particular task
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a temporary military unit
verb
adv
adj
- Near the end of a period of time.
- (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
- Not having had an expected menstrual period.
- (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
- Specifically, near the end of the day.
- Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
- Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
- having died recently
- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
- of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- after the expected or usual time; delayed
- being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
noun
noun
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- (rare) A duststorm.
adj
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
name
noun
- (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
- (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.
- (photography) Initialism of megapixel.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
- (politics) Initialism of Member of Parliament.
- (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
- a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
adj
name
noun
- (military, US) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above gunnery sergeant and below master gunnery sergeant or sergeant major.
- (military, US) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in grade and pay to a first sergeant.
- (military, US) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, ranking above technical sergeant and below senior master sergeant.
- a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines
noun
name
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of Securities and Futures Commission.
- (computing) Initialism of System File Checker.
- (soccer) Initialism of Southampton Football Club.
- Initialism of Scottish Funding Council.
- (video games) Initialism of Super Famicom.
- (US politics) Initialism of Senate Finance Committee.
- (soccer) Initialism of Sydney Football Club.
- (soccer) Initialism of Sunderland Football Club.
noun
name
noun
- (military) Initialism of petty officer.
- (business) Initialism of purchase order.
- Initialism of playoff.
- Initialism of post office.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police officer.
- Initialism of principal officer.
- an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
- a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
adj
adv
noun
- (military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
- (fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.
- (religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
- (US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
- (historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees.
- (historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
- (religion, historical) A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
- (historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
- (religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
- A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
- (UK, higher education) The head of various colleges and universities.
- (religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
- a high-ranking university administrator
noun
- A military or police post or magistracy.
- An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
- A hide.
- A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
- A hut.
- A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
- (attributive, uncountable) A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.
noun
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of police sergeant, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (nautical) Initialism of paddle steamer.
- Initialism of power supply.
- (government) Initialism of public service(s).
- Initialism of postal service.
- (video games) Initialism of PlayStation.
- (education) Initialism of public school.
- Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote.
- (organic chemistry) polystyrene
- Short for metric horsepower.
- Initialism of Perlman syndrome.
- (sports) Initialism of parallel slalom.
- a note appended to a letter after the signature
adj
name
noun
- (military) Initialism of commissioned officer.
- (poker) Abbreviation of cutoff.
- (military) Initialism of conscientious objector.
- (naturism) Initialism of clothing optional.
- (US, law enforcement) Initialism of correctional officer.
- (military) Initialism of commanding officer.
- Abbreviation of county.
- (US, law enforcement) Initialism of corrections officer.
- (geology) Initialism of common-offset method.
- an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
- one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
name
verb
noun
- (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
- (countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.
- A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
- An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- (paintings) A selected portion of a painting.
- A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- (uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.
- (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
- (uncountable) A profusion of details.
- extended treatment of particulars
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- a crew of workers selected for a particular task
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a temporary military unit
verb
noun
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- (rare) A duststorm.
adj
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
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adv
adj
- Near the end of a period of time.
- (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
- Not having had an expected menstrual period.
- (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
- Specifically, near the end of the day.
- Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
- Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
- having died recently
- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
- of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- after the expected or usual time; delayed
- being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development