sergeant at arms

sergeant at arms
noun
an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
• Syn: ↑serjeant-at-arms
• Hypernyms: ↑officeholder, ↑officer

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Etymology: Middle English
1.
a. : a tenant holding a sergeanty of service as an armed personal attendant for protection of a feudal lord and enforcement of his commands; especially : such an attendant upon the king or on the king's lord high steward in court to arrest traitors and other offenders
b. : one of two officer who nominally by allowance of the sovereign attend on the houses of Parliament to execute their commands; also : an officer similarly attending on the Court of Chancery
2. : an officer of a legislative body, a deliberative or judicial assembly, or other organization (as a fraternal lodge) who attends upon it to execute commands or orders (as in preserving order or arresting offenders)

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an executive officer of a legislative or other body, whose duty it is to enforce its commands, preserve order, etc.
[1350-1400; ME]

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sergeant at arms UK US
another spelling of serjeant at arms
Thesaurus: in the uk parliament and assemblieshyponym lawyers and people who work in law courtshyponym

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sergeant at arms, or ser|geant-at-arms «SAHR juhnt uht AHRMZ», noun, plural sergeants at arms, sergeants-at-arms.
an officer who keeps order, as in a legislature or law court.

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