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staff sergeant

  1. U.S. Army a noncommissioned officer of the sixth grade, ranking above sergeant and below sergeant first class
  2. U.S. Air Force a noncommissioned officer of the fifth grade, ranking above sergeant and below technical sergeant
  3. U.S. Marine Corps a noncommissioned officer of the sixth grade, ranking above sergeant and below gunnery sergeant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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