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- noun Alternative spelling of
sergeant-at-arms .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
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Examples
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So while you may not wish a lobby pass and I'm sure i heard the serjeant-at-arms discussing your application..., there's not a lot of need for it, is there?
EXCLUSIVE: How 'Spinning Gordon' Played Politics With Terrorism 2007
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The pack pony bearing their baggage was a hard-mouthed, contrary beast and occasionally, her father's serjeant-at-arms, had to yank on the lead rein to remind it who was master.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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Likewise, Taita had followed the advice of the serjeant-at-arms.
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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Almost immediately a serjeant-at-arms confronted him.
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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He then brought actions against the speaker and the serjeant-at-arms, but the courts upheld the action of the House.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Proclamation for silence having been made by the Lord Steward's serjeant-at-arms, the commission was read, the lords standing up, uncovered.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson
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The child was named Henry, styled Prince of Wales, and given a serjeant-at-arms on the 14th, and a clerk of the signet on the 19th of February.
Henry VIII. 1908
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The city doctrine was, that if the House of Commons had a serjeant-at-arms, they had a serjeant-at-mace.
Burke Morley, John 1907
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The messenger of the serjeant-at-arms attempted to take one of them into custody in his own shop in the city.
Burke Morley, John 1907
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The serjeant-at-arms failed to find them, and was jeered at by their workmen.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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