Etymology

sergeantess

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Today it means: A female sergeant. Full definition →

Middle English sergeantesse
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsergeantesse
  2. English todaysergeantess

From Middle English sergeantesse; equivalent to sergeant + -ess.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.