"detective sergeant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: detective sergeants [plural], DS [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} detective sergeant (plural detective sergeants)
  1. A British police sergeant qualified to manage investigations into serious and complex crimes. Synonyms: sarge, skipper, skip, bagman Hypernyms: detective, sergeant, police officer Hyponyms: first-class detective sergeant, second-class detective sergeant [historical] Translations (Translations): rikosylikonstaapeli (Finnish), ylietsivä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-detective_sergeant-en-noun-Q7lu3~xH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Law enforcement, United Kingdom Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 89 11 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 81 19
  2. A police officer of equivalent position in other countries.
    Sense id: en-detective_sergeant-en-noun-tqTPuUm8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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