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the rank that actually runs the army while officers take the credit
means A non-commissioned officer ranking above a corporal, responsible for leading and disciplining enlisted soldiers (or, in police forces, supervising patrol officers).
from From Old French 'sergent,' meaning a servant or attendant, which traces back to Latin 'serviens' — literally 'one who serves,' the present participle of 'servire,' to serve. So buried in the word is the humble idea of a servant, which slid steadily upward over the centuries: first a feudal attendant, then a soldier in service, then the seasoned man entrusted to command others. The same Latin root gives us 'servant' itself — a cousin who never got promoted.
- origin
- From Latin serviens, meaning servant
- old role
- Medieval sergeants were knights' armed attendants
- the backbone
- Often called the army's true spine
- insect twin
- Sergeant major is also a striped reef fish
- abbreviation
- Sgt., with no S after the G
sergeant york — alvin york, wwi american soldier who captured 132 germans in 1918, most decorated u.s. soldier of that war