Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detective sergeant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
de-tec-tive sergeant
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A British police sergeant qualified to manage investigations into serious and complex crimes.

noun

A police officer of equivalent position in other countries.

Example Sentences

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

detective sergeants (plural) DS (alternative)

Synonyms

sarge skipper skip bagman

Questions

What does detective sergeant mean?
A British police sergeant qualified to manage investigations into serious and complex crimes.

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