serjant
Middle English
editNoun
editserjant
- Alternative form of serjaunt
Old French
editAlternative forms
edit- sargant, sargeant, sargiant, sergant, sergaunt, sergeant, sergeaunt, sergent, serjaunt, serjeant, serjeaunt, serjont, siergeant
Etymology
editFrom Latin servientem (literally “serving, one who serves”), present participle of servīre (“to serve”).
Pronunciation
edit- (archaic) IPA(key): /sɛɾˈd͡ʒent/, /saɾˈd͡ʒent/
- (classical) IPA(key): /sɛɾˈd͡ʒant/, /saɾˈd͡ʒant/, (Norman) /sɛɾˈd͡ʒawnt/
- (late) IPA(key): /sɛɾˈʒant/, /saɾˈʒant/, (Norman) /sɛɾˈʒawnt/
Noun
editserjant oblique singular, m (oblique plural serjanz or serjantz, nominative singular serjanz or serjantz, nominative plural serjant)
- a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Tot maintenant la dameisele
Un suen serjant privé apele.- Right away, the lady
Calls her own sergeant
- Right away, the lady
Descendants
editReferences
edit- sergant on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub