serjeant

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ser=jeant

CIDE DICTIONARY

serjeant,  

 See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.  [1913 Webster]

Serjeant-at-arms. See Sergeant-at-arms, under Sergeant.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

serjeant, n.
1 (in full serjeant-at-law, pl. serjeants-at-law) hist. a barrister of the highest rank.
2 Brit. (in official lists) a sergeant in the Army.

Idiom

Common Serjeant Brit. a circuit judge of the Central Criminal Court with duties in the City of London. serjeant-at-arms (pl. serjeants-at-arms) an official of a court or city or parliament, with ceremonial duties.

Derivative

serjeantship n.

Etymology

var. of SERGEANT