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serjeants-at-arms

serjeants-at-arms is the plural of serjeant-at-arms.

Meaning of serjeant-at-arms

Noun

serjeant-at-arms (plural serjeants-at-arms)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

Questions about serjeants-at-arms

What is serjeants-at-arms the plural of?
Serjeants-at-arms is the plural of serjeant-at-arms.

Words near serjeants-at-arms in the dictionary

  1. serjeantcy
  2. serjeanties
  3. serjeantries
  4. serjeantry
  5. serjeants
  6. serjeants-at-arms
  7. serjeants-at-law
  8. serjeants-at-mace
  9. serjeantship
  10. serjeantships
  11. serjeanty

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