Meanings
nounserjeant-at-arms (plural serjeants-at-arms)
plural serjeants-at-arms
- archaicArchaic spelling of sergeant-at-arms (“person who keeps order at a meeting”).
- UKhistoricalAn officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
- UKA similar officer who attends on each House of Parliament, and arrests any person ordered by the House to be arrested. The post still exists with respect to the UK House of Commons, but is largely ceremonial.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
Similar
sergeant at arms
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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