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sergeants at mace

sergeants at mace is the plural of sergeant at mace.

Meaning of sergeant at mace

Noun

sergeant at mace (plural sergeants at mace)

  1. (historical) A low-ranking executive officer who carries a mace as a badge of office.
    • This device, preceded by a band of music, is carried in procession by the Sergeant at Mace, after whom follow a man and woman, gaily and fantastically attired, in the characters of Lord and Lady, who perform the dance to a tabor and pipe.1828, The Crypt, volume III, page 224
    Synonyms:
    sergeant of the mace

Questions about sergeants at mace

What is sergeants at mace the plural of?
Sergeants at mace is the plural of sergeant at mace.

Words near sergeants at mace in the dictionary

  1. sergeantesses
  2. sergeanties
  3. sergeantries
  4. sergeantry
  5. sergeants
  6. sergeants at mace
  7. sergeants first class
  8. sergeants major
  9. sergeants-at-arms
  10. sergeants-at-law
  11. sergeants-major

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