sergeant first class

noun

: a noncommissioned officer in the army ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant

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Goudreau spent 15 years in the Army, earning three gold stars and the rank of sergeant first class while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. —

Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024 Serving in the North Carolina Army National Guard, Eyer climbed to sergeant first class during his 12-year tenure, Morris said. —

Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024 The bodies recovered included that of a former Army sergeant first class who was believed to have been buried at a veterans' cemetery, Cohen said. —

CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024 Before concluding her military career with the rank of sergeant first class, she was hit by a car and seriously injured. —

Celia Wren, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sergeant first class

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sergeant first class was in 1948

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