sergeant
意味
- (陸・海軍の)軍曹(ぐんそう)(伍長(corporal)のすぐ上の下士官);(空軍の)曹長
- 巡査部長(police sergeant)
例文
He rose to the rank of sergeant.
彼は巡査部長の地位に昇った。
A captain is above a sergeant.
大尉は軍曹よりも階級が上だ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English sergeant, sergeaunt, serjent, serjaunt, serjawnt, sergant, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem, accusative of serviēns (“a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“serve, be a slave to”). Doublet of servant and servient. The shift from /vj/ > /dʒ/ was a regular development in Old French. Compare cavea > cage, salvia > sage. The fish is so called because of its stripes, supposed to resemble a sergeant's insignia of rank.