sergeant at arms

Questions about sergeant at arms

What is another word for sergeant at arms?

It depends which sergeant at arms you mean. In the sense “an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands”, the synonyms are serjeant-at-arms. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sergeant at arms?

WordNet records no antonym for sergeant at arms. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for sergeant at arms come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sergeant at arms

• Full entry for sergeant at armsAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sergeant at armsWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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