sergeant vs sheriff

sergeant

noun
  • A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law. 

  • A fish, the cobia. 

  • A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign. 

  • A bailiff. 

  • The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police. 

  • UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Athyma; distinguished from the false sergeants. 

  • A servant in monastic offices. 

sheriff

noun
  • (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties. 

  • A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom. 

  • A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected. 

verb
  • To carry out the duties of a sheriff 

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