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Middle English
Noun
serjant
- Alternative form of serjaunt
Old French
- sargant, sargeant, sargiant, sergant, sergaunt, sergeant, sergeaunt, sergent, serjaunt, serjeant, serjeaunt, serjont, siergeant
Etymology
From Latin servientem (literally “serving, one who serves”), present participle of servīre (“to serve”).
Pronunciation
- (archaic) IPA(key): /sɛɾˈd͡ʒent/, /saɾˈd͡ʒent/
- (classical) IPA(key): /sɛɾˈd͡ʒant/, /saɾˈd͡ʒant/, (Norman) /sɛɾˈd͡ʒawnt/
- (late) IPA(key): /sɛɾˈʒant/, /saɾˈʒant/, (Norman) /sɛɾˈʒawnt/
Noun
serjant oblique singular, m (oblique plural serjanz or serjantz, nominative singular serjanz or serjantz, nominative plural serjant)
- a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant
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