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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "sergeant major",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stožerni narednik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "sergeant major",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "stožerna narednica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "sergeant major",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sargento mayor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"note": "in the Swedish Army",
"sense": "sergeant major",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "regementsförvaltare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"note": "in the Finnish Army",
"sense": "sergeant major",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "militärmästare"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "sergeant major",
"word": "thượng sĩ"
}
],
"word": "sergeant major"
}
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