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Definition of Color sergeant
1. Noun. A sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Color Sergeant
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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