Definition of Color sergeant

1. Noun. A sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors.

Generic synonyms: Sergeant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Color Sergeant

color constancy
color coordinate
color coordinated
color coordinates
color coordinating
color fade
color force
color forces
color guard
color in
color line
color of law
color pop
color property
color scheme
color sergeant (current term)
color space
color spectrum
color television
color television system
color television tube
color triangle
color tube
color up
color vision
color vision deficiency
color wash
color wheel
colorability
colorable

Literary usage of Color sergeant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
""To turn you out, to turn you out," the Color-Sergeant said. "What makes you look so white, ... "A touch of sun, a touch of sun," the Color-Sergeant said. ..."

2. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"K, Eight- ty-first Pennsylvania, shot a color-sergeant, ran forward of the company, took his cap, and, placing it upon the end of his ..."

3. A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 by George Washington Williams (1887)
""Alfred B.Hilton, Color-sergeant Fourth United States Colored Troops, the bearer of the national colors, when the color-sergeant with the regimental ..."

4. Christian Memorials of the War, Or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of by Horatio Balch Hackett (1864)
"THE YOUNG COLOR-SERGEANT. At once a color-bearer in the army of his country and in the army of Jesus, — what prouder position than this for a young ..."

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