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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ser•jeant (sär′jənt),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Termssergeant.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: serjeant /ˈsɑːdʒənt/ n - a variant spelling of sergeant
ser•geant /ˈsɑrdʒənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militarya noncommissioned officer ranking above a corporal.
- a police officer ranking below a captain or a lieutenant.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ser•geant (sär′jənt),USA pronunciation n. - Militarya noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- Military[U.S. Air Force.]any noncommissioned officer above the rank of airman first class.
- a police officer ranking immediately below a captain or a lieutenant in the U.S. and immediately below an inspector in Britain.
- Governmenta title of a particular office or function at the court of a monarch (often used in combination):sergeant of the larder; sergeant-caterer.
- GovernmentSee sergeant at arms.
- British TermsAlso called ser′geant at law′. (formerly) a member of a superior order of barristers.
- Fishsergeantfish.
- Military(cap.) a surface-to-surface, single-stage, U.S. ballistic missile.
- World Historya tenant by military service, below the rank of knight.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] serjeant (for defs. 1–7, 9). - Latin servient- (stem of serviēns), present participle of servīre. See serve, -ent
- Old French sergent
- 1150–1200; Middle English sergant, serjant, serjaunt
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