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sergeant
English
Alternative forms
- serjant (obsolete)
- sergeaunt (obsolete)
- serjeant (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English sergeant, sergeaunt, serjent, serjaunt, serjawnt, sergant, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem, accusative of serviens (“a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin servi?ns (“serving”), present participle of servi? (“serve, be a slave to”). Doublet of servant and servient.
The fish is so called because of its stripes, supposed to resemble a sergeant's insignia of rank.
For the "er" being pronounced /??/, see also clerk, derby, varsity.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s??.d??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s??.d??nt/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d??nt
Noun
sergeant (plural sergeants)
- (military) UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
- The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
- (law, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
- (Britain, historical) A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
- A fish, the cobia.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the of the genus Athyma; distinguished from the false sergeants.
- A bailiff.
- A servant in monastic offices.
Related terms
- sergeant baker
- sarge
Translations
Anagrams
- angerest, enragest, estrange, grantees, greatens, negaters, reagents, rentages, reägents, seargent, segreant, sternage
Dutch
Alternative forms
- sergant (obsolete)
- sergent (obsolete)
- serjant (obsolete)
- sersjant (archaic, informal)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch seriant, from Old French sergent, from Latin servi?ns. The current spelling is influenced by English sergeant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?r???nt/
- Hyphenation: ser?geant
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
sergeant m (plural sergeants or sergeanten, diminutive sergeantje n)
- sergeant (non-commissioned officer in several armed forces)
Usage notes
This rank is in use in the Dutch army, navy and air force, in the Belgian army and air force and in the Surinamese army.
Derived terms
- sergeant-majoor
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sersant
- ? Indonesian: sersan
- ? West Frisian: sersjant
See also
- meester
- wachtmeester
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servant
English
Alternative forms
- servaunt, servand (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??v?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?v?nt/, [?s?vn??]
- Rhymes: -??(?)v?nt
Noun
servant (plural servants)
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
- (dated) A professed lover.
- A person of low condition or spirit.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
servant (third-person singular simple present servants, present participle servanting, simple past and past participle servanted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To subject.
Anagrams
- starven, taverns, versant
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French servant, a substantivized present participle of servir. Cf. also Latin serviens, and French sergent.
Pronunciation
Verb
servant
- present participle of servir
Noun
servant m (plural servants, feminine servante)
- servant
Derived terms
- chevalier servant
Related terms
- serveur, serveuse
Further reading
- “servant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- versant
Latin
Verb
servant
- third-person plural present active indicative of serv?
Middle English
Etymology
Old French servant, originally the present participle of servir
Noun
servant (plural servants)
- servant
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servanter, definite plural servantene)
- a washbasin
- a sink
Synonyms
- vask
- vaskeservant
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servantar, definite plural servantane)
- a washbasin
- a sink
Synonyms
- vaskeservant
Old French
Verb
servant
- present participle of servir
Adjective
servant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular servant or servante)
- that serves; that fulfils a role
Noun
servant m (oblique plural servanz or servantz, nominative singular servanz or servantz, nominative plural servant)
- servant (one who serves)
Descendants
- ? English: servant
- French: servant
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