top sergeant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of top sergeant
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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A Special Forces captain and his top sergeant filed a rebuttal entirely blaming the accident on mistakes made by the B-1B crew.
From Washington Times
Sergeant Simpson, who had been bumped up to top sergeant, was more or less leading the whole platoon.
From Literature
Just as I was going out the top sergeant came in to return a book.
From Project Gutenberg
So he hunted up Top Sergeant Mahan of his own company and laid his griefs before that patient veteran.
From Project Gutenberg
Top Sergeant Mahan—formerly of the Regular Army—listened with true sympathy to the complaint; and listened with open enthusiasm to the tale of the two days of forest skulking.
From Project Gutenberg
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