colour sergeant

English

Noun

colour sergeant (plural colour sergeants)

1. (British) 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. (entomology) A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma nefte, of tropical Asia.

Translations

officer of the British army

• Irish: bratsáirsint m
• Manx: sarjant mergey m

References

• Colour-sergeant, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
• Enlisted Ranks and Insignia of the British Army