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noun
Archaic spelling of sergeant-at-arms (“person who keeps order at a meeting”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sergeant at arms
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Broader terms: officeholder, officer
History
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