color sergeant

American  

noun

1. a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.

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Etymology

Origin of color sergeant

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

And they appointed Mrs. Samuel Bloomer, widow of the Company's color sergeant to be custodian of their battle flag.

From Time Magazine Archive

He remembered suddenly the day Jackson had come upon some of his troops letting a valiant Yankee color sergeant withdraw after a great fight.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Out of all the battalion there were two boys in whom we were chiefly interested: Adelaide’s younger brother Jim, color sergeant of the baby company, and Milly’s friend Stacey Fitz Simmons, the handsome drum-major.

From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

"Be you color sergeant?" says I. "Not me," says Link; "the sergeant's dead, but when he fell, he handed me this bit o' rubbish—red and white and blue."

From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various

Two d’ys arfter ’e comes crawlin’ back through No Man’s Land and the color sergeant arsks ’im did ’e carry out ’is resolootion.

From Tom Slade on a Transport by Clarity, Thomas