lance sergeant

noun

Formerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal

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Meanings

nounlance sergeant (plural lance sergeants)

plural lance sergeants

  1. governmentFormerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal
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APA

lance sergeant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance%20sergeant

MLA

“lance sergeant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance%20sergeant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lance sergeant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance%20sergeant.

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