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sergeantess

sergeantess noun: a female sergeant.

Noun

sergeantess (plural sergeantesses)

  1. (dated) A female sergeant.
    • Mrs. Taradoodle,Sergeantess at Mace.1684, The Parliament of Women, or, A Compleat History of the Proceedings and Debates, of a Particular Junto, of Ladies and Gentlewomen, with a Design to Alter the Government of the World by Way of...
    • Ordered, That the Sergeanteſs at Arms, attending this House, do forthwith go with the Mace, to ſummon all the Members to attend the Service of this Houſe on Tueſday next.[1735], An Address to the Right Worshipful the Batchelors of Great-Britain, London: […] A. Antiquity, page 6

Examples of sergeantess in a sentence

  • They have regular recruiting sergeants and sergeantesses, whom they send out to lie in wait for the unwary, and after intoxicating them with the poison of superstition, induce them to enlist.1846, Dan Mendon, “Finesse.—Denunciation—Threatened Judgment—The Power of a Curse.—Proselyting.”, in Lo Here and Lo There! or, The Grave of...
  • Imagine Sam. going down Broadway some afternoon with a captainess in front of him, a lieutenantess on either side of him, and a sergeantess in the rear!1880 March 25, Knoxville Daily Chronicle, volume X, Knoxville, Tenn.:
  • Oliver, one of the teachers, is “first sergeantess.”1889 January 12, Buffalo Courier, volume LIV, number 12, Buffalo, N.Y., page 5:
  • I was glad there were no sergeantesses on board: it might have congealed the water, and impeded navigation.1907, Every Where, page 109:

Forms of sergeantess

pluralsergeantesses

Origin of sergeantess

From Middle English sergeantesse; equivalent to sergeant + -ess.

Questions about sergeantess

What does sergeantess mean?
Sergeantess means a female sergeant.
How do you use sergeantess in a sentence?
They have regular recruiting sergeants and sergeantesses, whom they send out to lie in wait for the unwary, and after intoxicating them with the poison of superstition, induce them to enlist.
What part of speech is sergeantess?
Sergeantess is a noun.
What is the plural of sergeantess?
The plural of sergeantess is sergeantesses.

Words near sergeantess in the dictionary

  1. sergeant-major
  2. sergeant-majorly
  3. sergeant-majors
  4. sergeantcies
  5. sergeantcy
  6. sergeantess
  7. sergeantesses
  8. sergeanties
  9. sergeantries
  10. sergeantry
  11. sergeants

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