colour sergeant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant ranks above a sergeant and below a warrant officer.
  2. A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma nefte, of tropical Asia.

Word forms

colour sergeant colour sergeants
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