serjeant
n . 中士;警官;高等律师
中士;警官;高等律师
serjeant n 1 :
an English barrister of the highest rank [
synonym : {
serjeant -
at -
law }, {
serjeant }, {
sergeant -
at -
law }, {
sergeant }]
Sergeant \
Ser "
geant \,
n . [
F .
sergent ,
fr .
L .
serviens , -
entis ,
p .
pr .
of servire to serve .
See {
Serve },
and cf . {
Servant }.]
[
Written also {
serjeant }.
Both spellings are authorized .
In England {
serjeant }
is usually preferred ,
except for military officers .
In the United States {
sergeant }
is common for civil officers also .]
1 .
Formerly ,
in England ,
an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred ;
also ,
an officer whose duty was to attend on the king ,
and on the lord high steward in court ,
to arrest traitors and other offenders .
He is now called sergeant -
at -
arms ,
and two of these officers ,
by allowance of the sovereign ,
attend on the houses of Parliament (
one for each house )
to execute their commands ,
and another attends the Court Chancery .
[
1913 Webster ]
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought .
--
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
The magistrates sent the serjeant ,
saying ,
Let those men go . --
Acts xvi .
35 .
[
1913 Webster ]
This fell sergeant ,
Death ,
Is strict in his arrest . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mil .)
In a company ,
battery ,
or troop ,
a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal ,
whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline ,
to form the ranks ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In the United States service ,
besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are ,
in each regiment ,
a sergeant major ,
who is the chief noncommissioned officer ,
and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant ;
a quartermaster sergeant ,
who assists the quartermaster ;
a color sergeant ,
who carries the colors ;
and a commissary sergeant ,
who assists in the care and distribution of the stores .
Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Law )
A lawyer of the highest rank ,
answering to the doctor of the civil law ; --
called also {
serjeant at law }.
[
Eng .] --
Blackstone .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign ;
as ,
sergeant surgeon ,
that is ,
a servant ,
or attendant ,
surgeon . [
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Zool .)
The cobia .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Drill sergeant }. (
Mil .)
See under {
Drill }.
{
Sergeant -
at -
arms },
an officer of a legislative body ,
or of a deliberative or judicial assembly ,
who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders .
See {
Sergeant },
1 .
{
Sergeant major }.
(
a ) (
Mil .)
See the Note under def .
2 ,
above .
(
b ) (
Zool .)
The cow pilot .
[
1913 Webster ]
Serjeant \
Ser "
jeant \,
Serjeantcy \
Ser "
jeant *
cy \,
etc .
See {
Sergeant }, {
Sergeantcy },
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Serjeant -
at -
arms }.
See {
Sergeant -
at -
arms },
under {
Sergeant }.
[
1913 Webster ]
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