sergeant-at-arms
31sergeant — Synonyms and related words: G man, MP, NCO, acting corporal, acting sergeant, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, centurion, chief of police, chief warrant officer, color sergeant, commissioner, constable, corporal, deputy …
32sergeant — In modern times this professional title is used mainly to those holding the rank of sergeant in the army, air force, marine corps, or police force. The army rank is that of a non commissioned officer, ranking immediately above a corporal. The… …
33sergeant — sergeancy /sahr jeuhn see/, sergeantship, n. /sahr jeuhnt/, n. 1. a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal. 2. U.S. Air Force. any noncommissioned officer above the rank of airman first class. 3. a police officer ranking… …
34sergeant — noun Etymology: Middle English, servant, attendant, sergeant, from Anglo French sergant, serjant, from Latin servient , serviens, present participle of servire to serve Date: 13th century 1. sergeant at arms 2. obsolete an officer who enforces… …
35sergeant — ser•geant [[t]ˈsɑr dʒənt[/t]] n. 1) mil a) a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps ranking above a corporal b) an officer of similar rank in the armed services of other countries 2) mil any noncommissioned officer in the U.S.… …
36Sergeant — A serving man, one who attended his lord; also one who attended a knight on the field of battle and carried the lord s banner. [< Lat. servio = to serve] Cf. Sergeant at arms; Serjeant at law …
37Sergeant (disambiguation) — Sergeant, or Serjeant may refer to:*Sergeant, a police, or military rank *Serjeant at law, an obsolete legal rank *Serjeant at Arms, an agent of a legislative body tasked with keeping orderPeople with the name Sergeant*John Sergeant (politician)… …
38Sergeant Lacey — was a military interrogator at the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] [2] Only her rank and last name have been made public. Lacey was named in FBI reports to the Department of Defense, alleging that she had been observed… …
39Sergeant Stubby — (1916 or 1917 – March 16 1926), was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat.Stubby was found on the Yale campus in 1917 by John Robert Conroy. He was of unknown breed; some sources… …
40sergeant — sergeant, serjeant The normal spelling in the context of the police and the army is sergeant; serjeant is usually restricted to the titles of certain ceremonial offices, such as the serjeant at arms with reference to the British parliamentary or… …
