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sergeant

N จ่า นาย สิบ ja

sergeant

N ทนายความ ชั้นสูง สุด ta-nai-kwam-chan-sung-sud

sergeant at law

N ทนาย ชั้นสูง สุด ของ อังกฤษ ta-nai-kwam-sung-sud-kong-ang-krid

sergeant major

N จ่า สิบเอก ja-sib-aek

sergeant-at-arms

N ตำรวจ ศาล ตำรวจ สภา tam-ruad-san

sergeanty

N การเช่าที่ดิน แบบ หนึ่ง ที่ ผู้เช่า รับใช้ กษัตริย์ เท่านั้น

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SERGEANT

n.s'arjent. [L. serviens, serving, for so was this word written in Latin. ] 1. Formerly, an officer in England, nearly answering to to the more modern bailif 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 effenders. This officer is now called serjeant at arms, or mace. There are at present other officers of an inferior kind, to attend mayors and magistrates to execute their orders.
2. In military affairs, a non-commissioned officer in a company of infantry or troop of dragoons, armed with halbert, whose duty is to see discipline is observed, to order and form the ranks, etc.
3. In England, a lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law.
4. A title sometimes given to the king's servants; as sergeant surgeon, servant surgeon.

SERGEANTRY

n.s'arjentry. In england, sergeantry is of two kinds; grand sergeantry and petit sergeantry. Grand sergeantry, is a particular kind of knight service, a tenure by which the tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword or the like, or to be his butler, his champion or other officer at his coronation, to lead his host, to be his marshal, to blow a horn when an enemy approaches, etc. Petit sergeantry, was a tenure by which the tenant was bound to render to the king annually some small implement of war, as a bow, a pair of spurs, a sword, a lance, or the like.

SERGEANTSHIP

n.s'argentship. The office of a sergeant.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SERGEANT

Ser "geant, n. Etym: [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. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. Shak.

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.

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.

3. (Law )

Defn: A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law. [Eng. ] Blackstone.

4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng. ]

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The cobia. 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 ) (Zoöl.) The cow pilot.

SERGEANTCY

SERGEANTCY Ser "geant *cy, n.

Defn: Same as Sergeancy.

SERGEANTRY

Ser "geant *ry, n. Etym: [CF. OF. sergenteric.]

Defn: See Sergeanty. [R.] [Written also serjeantry.]

SERGEANTSHIP

SERGEANTSHIP Ser "geant *ship, n.

Defn: The office of sergeant.

SERGEANTY

Ser "geant *y, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia. See Sergeant. ] (Eng. Law )

Defn: Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also serjeanty. ] Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like. Tomlins. Cowell. Blackstone. -- Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sergeant

ser geant |ˈsärjənt ˈsɑrʤənt | ▶noun a noncommissioned officer in the armed forces, in particular (in the US Army or Marine Corps ) an NCO ranking above corporal and below staff sergeant, or (in the US Air Force ) an NCO ranking above airman and below staff sergeant. • Brit. a police officer ranking below an inspector. • a police officer ranking below a lieutenant. DERIVATIVES ser gean cy |-jənsē |noun ( pl. sergeancies ) ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French sergent, from Latin servient- ‘serving, ’ from the verb servire. Early use was as a general term meaning ‘attendant, servant ’ and ‘common soldier ’; the term was later applied to specific official roles.

sergeant-at-arms

ser geant-at-arms (Brit. serjeant-at-arms ) ▶noun ( pl. sergeants-at-arms ) an official of a legislative or other assembly whose duty includes maintaining order and security. • Brit. historical a knight or armed officer in the service of the monarch or a lord.

Sergeant Baker

Ser geant Ba ker ▶noun Austral. a brightly colored edible marine fish with two elongated dorsal fin rays, occurring in warm Australian coastal waters. [Aulopus purpurissatus, family Aulopidae. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

sergeant first class

ser geant first class ▶noun a noncommissioned officer in the US Army of a rank above staff sergeant and below master sergeant.

sergeant fish

ser geant fish ▶noun another term for cobia.

sergeant major

ser geant ma jor |ˈˌsɑrʤənt ˈmeɪʤər | ▶noun 1 a noncommissioned officer in the US Army or Marine Corps of the highest rank, above master sergeant and below warrant officer. 2 a warrant officer in the British army. 3 a fish with boldly striped sides that lives in warm seas, typically on coral reefs. [Abudefduf saxatilis, family Pomacentridae. ]

Oxford Dictionary

sergeant

sergeant |ˈsɑːdʒ (ə )nt | ▶noun a rank of non-commissioned officer in the army or air force, above corporal and below staff sergeant. • Brit. a police officer ranking below an inspector. • US a police officer ranking below a lieutenant. DERIVATIVES sergeancy noun ( pl. sergeancies ) ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French sergent, from Latin servient- ‘serving ’, from the verb servire. Early use was as a general term meaning ‘attendant, servant ’ and ‘common soldier ’; the term was later applied to specific official roles.

sergeant-at-arms

sergeant-at-arms ▶noun variant spelling of serjeant-at-arms.

Sergeant Baker

Sergeant Baker ▶noun Austral. a brightly coloured edible marine fish with two elongated dorsal fin rays, occurring in warm Australian coastal waters. ●Aulopus purpurissatus, family Aulopidae. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

sergeant first class

ser geant first class ▶noun a noncommissioned officer in the US Army of a rank above staff sergeant and below master sergeant.

sergeant fish

ser |geant fish ▶noun another term for cobia.

sergeant major

ser |geant major ▶noun 1 a warrant officer in the British army whose job is to assist the adjutant of a regiment or battalion (regimental sergeant major ) or a subunit commander (company sergeant major, battery sergeant major, etc. ). 2 a high rank of non-commissioned officer in the US army, above master sergeant and below warrant officer. 3 a fish with boldly striped sides which lives in warm seas, typically on coral reefs. ●Abudefduf saxatilis, family Pomacentridae.

Duden Dictionary

Sergeant

Ser geant Substantiv, maskulin Militär , der |zɛrˈʒant französisch sɛrˈʒã englisch ˈsɑːdʒənt |der Sergeant; Genitiv: des Sergeanten, Plural: die Sergeanten, (bei englischer Aussprache: ) Sergeant [s ], Sergeants französisch sergent bzw. englisch sergeant, aus mittellateinisch serjantus, sergantus = Diener < lateinisch serviens (Genitiv: servientis ), 1. Partizip von: servire, servieren a ohne Plural französische bzw. englische Bezeichnung für: Dienstgrad eines Unteroffiziers b Unteroffizier des Dienstgrades Sergeant a

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sergeant

ser geant /sɑ́ː r dʒ (ə )nt / (!( ser-は /sɑː r /, -gea-は /dʒ (ə )/)) 〖serve (奉仕している )ant (人 )〗名詞複～s /-ts /C 〖肩書き; 呼びかけにも用いる〗1 〘軍〙軍曹 , 曹長 (｟略｠Sgt. , Sergt. ) 〘下士官の1階級〙; (米陸軍海兵隊の )3等軍曹, (英陸空軍の )軍曹〘corporalの上の階級〙.2 巡査部長〘｟米｠ではcaptain [lieutenant ]の下; ｟英｠ではinspectorの下でconstableの上の階級〙.3 ＝sergeant-at-arms .～̀ f ì rst cl á ss 〘米陸軍〙曹長 .～̀ m á jor 〖肩書き; 呼びかけにも用いる〗〘米陸軍海兵隊〙上級曹長〘下士官の最高位〙; 〘英陸軍〙特務曹長 (｟略｠Sgt-Maj ).

sergeant-at-arms

s è rgeant-at- á rms 名詞複 sergeants- C (英国議会や大法官裁判所などの )守衛官, 衛視 .