serjeant

IPA: sˈɝdʒʌnt

Archaic spelling of sergeant. [(military) UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.]
(law) Short for serjeant-at-law. [(historical) A member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar, who for many centuries had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas.]

Examples of "serjeant" in Sentences

The Serjeant then unlocks the doors.
The spelling serjeant is sometimes used.
In 1705 he accepted the degree of serjeant at law.
In 1727 he was declared the king's first serjeant.
Malberthorp was a serjeant at the common bench by 1299.
Crewe was a member of Gray's Inn, and a serjeant at law.
His first appearance in the records is in 1376, as king's serjeant.
He was appointed a serjeant at law in 1794, and a king's serjeant in 1804.
The actual involvement of the Serjeant Painters in this gradually declined.
Serjeant appealed against the length of the sentence but the appeal was refused.