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serjeant-at-mace

serjeant-at-mace is the alternative form 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

Forms of serjeant-at-mace

pluralserjeants-at-mace

Questions about serjeant-at-mace

What is serjeant-at-mace the alternative form of?
Serjeant-at-mace is the alternative form of sergeant at mace.

Words near serjeant-at-mace in the dictionary

  1. serjeancies
  2. serjeancy
  3. serjeant
  4. serjeant-at-arms
  5. serjeant-at-law
  6. serjeant-at-mace
  7. serjeantcies
  8. serjeantcy
  9. serjeanties
  10. serjeantries
  11. serjeantry

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