sergeant at mace

plural sergeants at mace · alternative sergeant-at-mace · alternative serjeant at mace · alternative serjeant-at-mace · alternative sergeant at the mace

1. historicalA low-ranking executive officer who carries a mace as a badge of office.

   Bauthumley ended as a respectable citizen of his native Leicester, library-keeper and serjeant-at-mace.

   1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 178

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   This device, preceded by a band of music, is carried in procession by the Sergeant at Mace, after whom follow a man and woman, gaily and fantastically attired, in the characters of Lord and Lady, who perform the dance to a tabor and pipe.

   1828, The Crypt, volume III, page 224

   Synonyms: sergeant of the mace