释义
noun a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
Origin of color sergeant First recorded in 1805–15
Words nearby color sergeant colorrhagia, colorrhaphy, colorrhea, color scheme, color scotoma, color sergeant , colorslide, color solid, color taste, color temperature, color transparency
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Example sentences from the Web for color sergeant The Color-Sergeant of the latter regiment had fallen and Berry seized the colors and bore them up the hill with his own.
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army | T. G. Steward
I found an officer with drawn sword threatening to run the color-sergeant through if he was not allowed to pass.
War from the Inside | Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
The colonel, who for some reason could not accompany his men, presented the regimental flags to the color-sergeant.
The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 10, October, 1885 | Various
On July 1, our Color-Sergeant was shot from a tree after our line had passed beneath the tree where he was located.
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army | T. G. Steward
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