sergeant at arms

1. 1.

   an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands

   Synonymsserjeant-at-arms

   Broaderofficeholder

   legislature

Questions about sergeant at arms

What does sergeant at arms mean?

sergeant at arms means "an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands".

What is another word for sergeant at arms?

Close synonyms include serjeant-at-arms. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sergeant at arms a common word?

sergeant at arms is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.