company sergeant-major see under sergeant

company union noun (N American)

An association of workers within a single company, unaffiliated to any wider trade union body, a staff association

bad company

Unsuitable, esp criminal, companions or associates

be good (or bad) company

To have (or lack) companionable qualities

in company

In the presence of other people outside one's immediate family or intimate acquaintance

in company with

Together with, along with

keep company

1. To associate (with with)
2. To court

know a man by his company

To assess a man's character by the quality of his friends

part company

To separate, go different ways (lit or figurative)

you are in good company

You are in the same situation as those around you

sergeant or serjeant /särˈjənt/

1. (usu with g) a non-commissioned officer of one of the higher ranks, ranking above a corporal
2. (with g) an officer of police
3. (usu with g) alone or as a prefix, designating certain officials
4. (with j) formerly, a barrister of highest rank (in full serjeant-at-lawˈ)
5. Orig a servant
6. An officer who made arrests (obsolete)

serˈgeancy or serˈjeancy noun

The office or rank of sergeant or serjeant

serˈgeantship or serˈjeantship noun

serˈjeantry noun

Serjeanty

serˈjeanty noun (historical)

A condition of feudal tenure by which the tenant either assisted the monarch in person (grand serjeanty) or made a small contribution to the defence of the realm (petty serjeanty)

sergeant-at-armsˈ or serjeant-at-armsˈ noun

An officer of a legislative body or the Court of Chancery, for making arrests, etc

Sergeant Baker noun

A brightly-coloured Australian marine fish (Aulopus purpurissatus)

sergeant-drummˈer noun

A drum-major

sergeant first class noun

In the US Army, a sergeant below a master sergeant

sergeant fish noun

A fish with stripes, esp the cobia (genus Rhachicentron) of the SE USA, related to the mackerel

sergeant-māˈjor noun

1. Formerly, an officer of rank varying from major to major-general
2. Now, the highest non-commissioned officer (company sergeant-major the senior warrant officer in a company; regimental sergeant-major the senior warrant officer in a regiment)
3. A boldly-striped fish of warm seas

Common Serjeant

In London, an assistant to the Recorder, a judge of the quarter-session court