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recruiting-sergeant

recruiting-sergeant

1 7.6
A soldier who encourages people to join the army
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkruːtɪŋ ˈsɑːrdʒənt/
translation icon : sargento de reclutamiento
  • The recruiting sergeant approached the young men at the college to discuss military service.

Examples

  • During the fair, the recruiting sergeant handed out brochures to encourage new enlistees.

  • The voice turns out to be that of a recruiting sergeant dreaming of mutiny among his new recruits.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The Recruiting Sergeant returns the form to Alain. # RECRUITING SERGEANT # (CONT'D) ... there is no backing out.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • An elderly recruiting sergeant—with scars on his face and combat ribbons on his chest—enters from a back room, smoking a cigarette.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • After the presentation, the students lined up to speak with the recruiting sergeant about joining the army.

Synonyms

recruiter
vsrecruiting-sergeant
19 3.5

A person who signs people up to join the military

is a noncommissioned officer who holds that enlistment duty

How Senior

recruiting-sergeant
1 7.6
recruiter
49 2.9

Surface Forms

recruiting-sergeant singular
recruiting-sergeants plural

Morphology

recruiting-sergeant = recruiting + sergeant (transparent) = recruiting + sergeant

Formed by compounding 'recruiting' and 'sergeant'; the meaning is directly a sergeant whose duty is to recruit new members.

Etymology

Recruiting-sergeant combines recruit ('to bring new people into a group') and sergeant (a military rank). It names a sergeant whose job is to 'sign up' or enlist new soldiers, so the word literally describes someone who brings recruits into the army.