first sergeant

first sergeant

n. The senior noncommissioned officer of a US Army or Marine Corps unit, who is equivalent in rank to a master sergeant and performs administrative duties.

first′ ser′geant

n. 1. (in the U.S. Army) a. a noncommissioned officer ranked above a master sergeant. b. the senior noncommissioned officer of a company, squadron, etc. 2. a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps ranked above gunnery sergeant. [1870–75]

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first sergeant - a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeantsergeant first classorderly sergeant - the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orderssergeant - any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal

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