Definitions for serjeant

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serjeant ser·jeant

Spelling: [sahr-juh nt]

IPA: /ˈsɑr dʒənt/

Serjeant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 284 anagrams from letters in serjeant (aeejnrst).

Definitions for serjeant

noun

1. sergeant.
2. a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
3. U.S. Air Force. any noncommissioned officer above the rank of airman first class.
4. a police officer ranking immediately below a captain or a lieutenant in the U.S. and immediately below an inspector in Britain.
5. a title of a particular office or function at the court of a monarch (often used in combination):
6. sergeant at arms.
7. Also called sergeant at law. British. (formerly) a member of a superior order of barristers.
8. sergeantfish.
9. (initial capital letter) a surface-to-surface, single-stage, U.S. ballistic missile.
10. a tenant by military service, below the rank of knight.

Origin of serjeant

1150-1200; Middle English sergant, serjant, serjaunt Old French sergent Latin servient- (stem of serviēns), present participle of servīre. See serve, Examples for serjeant

He was made a serjeant in 1827, the very year of the memorable trial.

serjeant Philips—You presented your friend with it when he was discontented.

I didn't know you was so tender-hearted,' said the serjeant.

The serjeant opened his eyes wide, and then burst into a hearty laugh.

Then there was a cry of Order; and he was threatened with the serjeant and the Tower.

He is weaponed rather in the street, than the highway, for he fears not a thief, but a serjeant.

serjeant Fitzgerald is not in the House, and a great loss he is.

"Every man can talk well about something," the serjeant says.

serjeant Whitaker, one of the most eminent lawyers of his day, was an eccentric.

The serjeant then stopped a minute, and whispered with his junior.