colour sergeant

noun — 2 senses

colour sergeant

noun
1

UK A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant ranks above a sergeant and below a warrant officer.

2

Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma nefte, of tropical Asia.

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