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gean
(encz) | gean,třešeň ptačí Zdeněk Brož |
Gean
(gcide) | Gean \Gean\, n. [F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG.
w[imac]hsila, G. weichsel.] (Bot.)
A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium);
also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.
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gean
(wn) | gean
n 1: wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting
[syn: gean, mazzard, mazzard cherry] |
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aegean
(encz) | Aegean,egejský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
aegean sea
(encz) | Aegean Sea,Egejské moře xo |
chief master sergeant
(encz) | chief master sergeant, |
coleridgean
(encz) | Coleridgean, adj: |
color sergeant
(encz) | color sergeant, n: |
command sergeant major
(encz) | command sergeant major, |
desk sergeant
(encz) | desk sergeant, n: |
first sergeant
(encz) | first sergeant,starší seržant Zdeněk Brož |
gunnery sergeant
(encz) | gunnery sergeant, |
master sergeant
(encz) | master sergeant,hodnost v armádě Zdeněk Brož |
muskogean
(encz) | Muskogean, |
orderly sergeant
(encz) | orderly sergeant, n: |
pageant
(encz) | pageant,okázalost n: J. Polachpageant,slavnost n: s průvodem v historických krojích Pinopageant,soutěž krásy n: Pino |
pageantry
(encz) | pageantry,nádhera n: J. Polachpageantry,nádherná podívaná n: Pinopageantry,slavnost n: Pino |
pageants
(encz) | pageants,scény n: pl. jevištní J. Polach |
platoon sergeant
(encz) | platoon sergeant, |
police sergeant
(encz) | police sergeant, n: |
recruiting-sergeant
(encz) | recruiting-sergeant, n: |
senior master sergeant
(encz) | senior master sergeant, |
sergeant
(encz) | sergeant,četař n: Zdeněk Brož |
sergeant at arms
(encz) | sergeant at arms, |
sergeant first class
(encz) | sergeant first class, |
sergeant fish
(encz) | sergeant fish, n: |
sergeant major
(encz) | sergeant major, |
sergeant-at-arms
(encz) | sergeant-at-arms, |
sergeant-at-law
(encz) | sergeant-at-law, n: |
sergeants-at-arms
(encz) | sergeants-at-arms, |
staff sergeant
(encz) | staff sergeant, |
technical sergeant
(encz) | technical sergeant,rotmistr n: Zdeněk Brož |
vengeance
(encz) | vengeance,msta vengeance,pomsta n: Zdeněk Brož |
police sergeant
(czen) | Police Sergeant,PS[zkr.] PetrV |
AEgean
(gcide) | AEgean \[AE]*ge"an\, a. [L. Aegeus; Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea,
east of Greece. See Archipelago.
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Allegeance
(gcide) | Allegeance \Al*lege"ance\, n.
Allegation. [Obs.]
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Amphigean
(gcide) | Amphigean \Am`phi*ge"an\, a. [Gr. 'amfi` + ?, ?, the earth.]
Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar
zones inclusive.
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Apogean
(gcide) | Apogean \Ap`o*ge"an\, a.
Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which
occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
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Argean
(gcide) | Argean \Ar*ge"an\, a.
Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.
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Augean
(gcide) | Augean \Au*ge"an\, a.
1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis,
whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned
for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
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2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
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Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or
filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
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Augean stable
(gcide) | Augean \Au*ge"an\, a.
1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis,
whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned
for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
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2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
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Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or
filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
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Avengeance
(gcide) | Avengeance \A*venge"ance\, n.
Vengeance. [Obs.]
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Chargeant
(gcide) | Chargeant \Char"geant\, a. [F. chargeant, fr. charger to load.]
Burdensome; troublesome. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Color sergeant
(gcide) | Color sergeant \Col"or ser"geant\
See under Sergeant.
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Drill sergeant
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
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Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
[1913 Webster]Drill \Drill\, n.
1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making
holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with
its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a
succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill
press.
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2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the
military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution
of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict
instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of
any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as,
infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.
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3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin
grammar.
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4. (Zool.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which
kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through
the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx
cinerea}.
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Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast.
Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for
drilling slots.
Diamond drill. See under Diamond.
Drill jig. See under Jig.
Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem
of the key.
Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose
office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and
to train them to military exercises and evolutions.
Vertical drill, a drill press.
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Egean
(gcide) | Egean \E*ge"an\, a.
See [AE]gean.
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Esophagean
(gcide) | Esophagean \E`so*phag"e*an\, a. (Anat.)
Esophageal.
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First sergeant
(gcide) | First \First\ (f[~e]rst), a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin
to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f["o]rste, OHG. furist, G.
f["u]rst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See
For, Fore, and cf. Formeer, Foremost.]
1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of
one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first
year of a reign.
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2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
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3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest;
as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
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At first blush. See under Blush.
At first hand, from the first or original source; without
the intervention of any agent.
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It is the intention of the person to reveal it at
first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --Dickens.
First coat (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse
stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and
crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next
coat.
First day, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends.
First floor.
(a) The ground floor. [U.S.]
(b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.]
First fruit or First fruits.
(a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered.
(b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to
the king on the death of a tenant who held directly
from him.
(c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a
benefice or spiritual living.
(d) The earliest effects or results.
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See, Father, what first fruits on earth are
sprung
From thy implanted grace in man! --Milton.
First mate, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to
the captain.
First name, same as Christian name. See under Name, n.
First officer (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as
First mate (above).
First sergeant (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer
in a company; the orderly sergeant. --Farrow.
First watch (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at
midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.
First water, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said
of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.
Syn: Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine;
highest; chief; principal; foremost.
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Gean
(gcide) | Gean \Gean\, n. [F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG.
w[imac]hsila, G. weichsel.] (Bot.)
A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium);
also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.
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Geanticlinal
(gcide) | Geanticlinal \Ge`an*ti*cli"nal\, n. [Gr. ? the earth + E.
anticlinal.] (Geol.)
An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the
earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of
mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to
geosynclinal.
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Grand sergeanty
(gcide) | Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
serjeanty.]
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Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
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Hypocarpogean
(gcide) | Hypocarpogean \Hy`po*car`po*ge"an\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ?
fruit + ? earth.] (Bot.)
Producing fruit below the ground.
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Hypogean
(gcide) | Hypogean \Hyp`o*ge"an\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ? earth.] (Bot.)
Hypogeous. [Written also hypog[ae]an.]
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Laryngean
(gcide) | Laryngean \Lar`yn*ge"an\, a.
See Laryngeal.
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Ligeance
(gcide) | Ligeance \Li"geance\ (l[=e]"jans), n. [OF. ligeance, ligance.
See Liege.] (O. Eng. Law)
The connection between sovereign and subject by which they
were mutually bound, the former to protection and the
securing of justice, the latter to faithful service;
allegiance. [Written also ligeancy and liegance.]
--Chaucer.
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ligeancy
(gcide) | Ligeance \Li"geance\ (l[=e]"jans), n. [OF. ligeance, ligance.
See Liege.] (O. Eng. Law)
The connection between sovereign and subject by which they
were mutually bound, the former to protection and the
securing of justice, the latter to faithful service;
allegiance. [Written also ligeancy and liegance.]
--Chaucer.
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Orderly sergeant
(gcide) | Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
course or plan. --Milton.
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2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
orderly community.
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3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
"An orderly . . . march." --Clarendon.
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4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
"Aids-de-camp and orderly men." --Sir W. Scott.
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Orderly book (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
general and regimental orders are recorded.
Orderly officer, the officer of the day, or that officer of
a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
Orderly room.
(a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
against the men of the regiment are tried.
(b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
Orderly sergeant, the first sergeant of a company.
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Pageant
(gcide) | Pageant \Pag"eant\, a.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. "Pageant pomp."
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Pageant \Pag"eant\, v. t.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] "He pageants
us." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Pageant \Pag"eant\ (p[a^]j"ent or p[=a]"jent; 277), n. [OE.
pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage,
hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to
pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab,
compaginare to join together, compages a joining together,
structure. See Pact, Page of a book.]
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1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "A pageant truly
played." --Shak.
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To see sad pageants of men's miseries. --Spenser.
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2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a
distinguished personage, or of the public; a show,
spectacle, or display.
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The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! --Pope.
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We love the man, the paltry pageant you. --Cowper.
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Pageantry
(gcide) | Pageantry \Pag"eant*ry\ (-r[y^]), n.
Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular
quality; splendor.
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Such pageantry be to the people shown. --Dryden.
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The pageantry of festival. --J. A.
Symonds.
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Syn: Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle.
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Perigean
(gcide) | Perigean \Per`i*ge"an\, a.
Pertaining to the perigee.
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Perigean tides, those spring tides which occur soon after
the moon passes her perigee.
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Perigean tides
(gcide) | Perigean \Per`i*ge"an\, a.
Pertaining to the perigee.
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Perigean tides, those spring tides which occur soon after
the moon passes her perigee.
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Petit sergeanty
(gcide) | Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
serjeanty.]
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Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
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Quartermaster sergeant
(gcide) | Quartermaster \Quar"ter*mas`ter\, n. [Quarter + master: cf. F.
quartier-ma[^i]tre.]
1. (Mil.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters,
provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and
transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and
superintend the supplies.
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2. (Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle,
signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
--Totten.
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Quartermaster general (Mil.), in the United States a staff
officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the
chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in
England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War
Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer,
usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army
in the field.
Quartermaster sergeant. See Sergeant.
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Revengeance
(gcide) | Revengeance \Re*venge"ance\, n.
Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.]
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Sergeancies
(gcide) | Sergeancy \Ser"gean*cy\, n.; pl. Sergeancies. [Cf.
Sergeanty.]
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also
serjeancy.]
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Sergeancy
(gcide) | Sergeancy \Ser"gean*cy\, n.; pl. Sergeancies. [Cf.
Sergeanty.]
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also
serjeancy.]
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Sergeant
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
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Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
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sergeant
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
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Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
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sergeant fish
(gcide) | Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zool.)
An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the
crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish,
and sergeant fish.
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Sergeant major
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
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Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
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Sergeant-at-arms
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
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Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
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Sergeantcy
(gcide) | Sergeantcy \Ser"geant*cy\, n.
Same as Sergeancy.
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Sergeantry
(gcide) | Sergeantry \Ser"geant*ry\, n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.]
See Sergeanty. [R.] [Written also serjeantry.]
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Sergeantship
(gcide) | Sergeantship \Ser"geant*ship\, n.
The office of sergeant.
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Sergeanty
(gcide) | Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
serjeanty.]
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Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
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Top sergeant
(gcide) | Top sergeant \Top" ser`geant\, n.
same as First Sergeant.
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