desk sergeant
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sergeant who has an administrative position inside of a police station.
Example Sentences
- "A woman ran into the police station and told the desk sergeant she had been robbed."
- "After arriving at the Area A police station, I renewed my protests that as a working reporter with visible police credentials, I should not have been arrested. The desk sergeant insisted that I be booked, however, and I was put into the holding tank, a fifteen-by-fifteen dark and filthy cell, with 49 other people."