2. (loan) (personal name) Staff Sergeant - a title for a senior sergeant of an army company.
I tētahi rangi mai, i te ata, e haere ana au ki te kai ata i te whitu, ka tūtaki au ki a Haihana Karauna Mātoe, e haere ana anō ki te kai (HP 1991:172). / The next day in the morning, as I was going to breakfast at 7 am, I met Staff Sergeant Mātoe, who was also going to eat.
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