Serjeant-at-arms
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Serjeant-at-arms is a noun meaning (UK, historical) An officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
Meaning
(UK, historical) An officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
More Meanings
- (UK) A 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.
- Archaic spelling of sergeant-at-arms (“person who keeps order at a meeting”).
Synonyms for serjeant-at-arms
Depending on context, synonyms include sergeant at arms.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sergeant at arms, messenger-at-arms, serjeant, serjeant-at-mace, serjeant-at-law, man-at-arms.
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