sergeant vs shoofly

sergeant

noun
  • A bailiff. 

  • A fish, the cobia. 

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

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

  • A servant in monastic offices. 

shoofly

noun
  • A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police. 

  • A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc. 

  • A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals. 

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