serjeant-at-arms

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssergeant at arms

   Broaderofficeholder

   legislature

Questions about serjeant-at-arms

What does serjeant-at-arms mean?

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

How many syllables are in serjeant-at-arms?

serjeant-at-arms has 5 syllables: ser-je-an-t-a-t-arms. The stress falls on "an".

What is another word for serjeant-at-arms?

Close synonyms include sergeant 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 serjeant-at-arms a common word?

serjeant-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.