serjeant

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Noun

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serjeant (plural serjeants)

  1. Archaic spelling of sergeant.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, [], →OCLC:
      Jones did not think fit to acquaint the serjeant with his design; though he might have done it with great safety, for the halberdier was himself a man of honour, and had killed his man.
    • 1798, Augustus von Kotzebue, translated by Stephen Porter, Lovers’ Vows, or, The Child of Love. [], London: [] J. Parsons, [], page 82:
      I never knew chearfulneſs.—My enjoyments have been the hard fare of a common ſoldier, and the ſeverity of the ſerjeant into the bargain.
  2. (law) Short for serjeant-at-law.

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serjeant

  1. Alternative form of serjaunt