staff sergeant

noun

: a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a sergeant and below a platoon sergeant or sergeant first class, in the air force above a sergeant and below a technical sergeant, and in the marine corps above a sergeant and below a gunnery sergeant

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Yet like so many other CSTs, that staff sergeant had in fact served with Rangers on dangerous armed raids in Afghanistan. Megan H. MacKenzie, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2015 Storey, who at the time was a very young staff sergeant, accepted the charge. Allie Torgan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024 William Hinton of Dacula is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army and an instructor in the Marksmanship Unit shotgun team. Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 26 July 2024 Griffin is a staff sergeant and member of the South Carolina Army National Guard and earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2023, Major Karla N. Evans, a public affairs officer with the force told USA TODAY. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for staff sergeant 

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First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of staff sergeant was in 1920

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“Staff sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staff%20sergeant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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staff sergeant

noun
: a military enlisted person with a rank just below that of platoon sergeant in the army, below that of gunnery sergeant in the marines, and below that of technical sergeant in the air force
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