Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

staff sergeant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
staff sergeant
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant (or, in the US Air Force, above a senior airman).

noun

A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma selenophora, of tropical and subtropical Asia.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

staff sergeants (plural)

Synonyms

staff

Questions

What does staff sergeant mean?
A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant (or, in the US Air Force, above a senior airman).

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