recruiting-sergeant

1. 1.

   a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits

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Questions about recruiting-sergeant

What does recruiting-sergeant mean?

recruiting-sergeant means "a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits".

How many syllables are in recruiting-sergeant?

recruiting-sergeant has 7 syllables and divides as re-cru-i-ting--ser-ge-ant under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is recruiting-sergeant a common word?

recruiting-sergeant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.