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word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of sergeant" href="/word/sergeant#etymonline_v_23263">sergeant<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1200 (late 12c. as a surname), <span class="foreign notranslate">sergeaunt</span>, also <span class="foreign notranslate">sergiaunte</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">serjainte</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">sergunt</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">cerjaunt</span>, etc., "a servant, servingman," especially "an officer in a lord's retinue," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">sergent</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">serjant</span> "(domestic) servant, valet; court official; soldier," from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">servientum</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">serviens</span>) "servant, vassal, soldier" (in Late Latin "public official"), from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">servire</span> "to serve" (see <a href="/word/serve#etymonline_v_23279" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of serve " class="crossreference notranslate">serve</a> (v.)).</p> <p>The Latin word also is the source of Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">sirviente</span>, Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">servente</span>. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Sergeant</strong></span> is thus essentially a doublet of <a href="/word/servant" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of servant " class="crossreference notranslate">servant</a>, and 16c. writers in English sometimes use the two words interchangeably.</p> <p>By c. 1300 in a feudal sense of "tenant by military service under the rank of knight;" the modern military meaning "non-commissioned military officer" is recorded by 1540s. Originally a much more important position than after. As a police rank, in Great Britain from 1839.</p> <p>The sense of "officer whose duty is to enforce judgments of a tribunal or legislative body" is from c. 1300 (hence <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>sergeant at arms</strong></span>, attested from late 14c.). </p> <p>The Middle English alternative spelling <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>serjeant</strong></span> (from Old French) was retained in Britain in special use as the title of a superior order of barristers from which Common Law judges were chosen (mid-14c.); in this use it is from the legal Latin phrase <span class="foreign notranslate">serviens ad legem</span>, "one who serves (the king) in matters of law"). It was also used of certain other officers of the royal household.</p> <p>Fem. form <span class="foreign notranslate">sergeantess</span> is attested from mid-15c. <span class="foreign notranslate">Sergeant-major</span> is attested from 1570s. The <span class="foreign notranslate">sergeant-fish</span> (1871) so-called for lateral markings resembling a sergeant's stripes. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Sergeancy</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of sarge">Trends of <i>sarge</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of serge" href="/word/serge"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">serge<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., sarge, in reference to a woolen cloth in use in the Middle Ages, apparently of a coarse texture, from Old French...sarge, serge (12c.), Medieval Latin sargium, sargea "cloth of wool mixed with silk or linen," from Vulgar Latin *sarica...The French word is the source of German sarsche, Danish sarge, etc. Also as a verb. Related: Serger....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of device" href="/word/device"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">device<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1300, devis, "intent, desire; an expressed intent or desire; a plan or design; a literary composition," from Old French devis "division, separation; disposition, wish, desire; coat of arms, emblem; a bequest in a will, act of bequeathing," from deviser "arrange, plan, contrive</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Exodus" href="/word/Exodus"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">Exodus<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late Old English, the second book of the Old Testament, from Latin exodus, from Greek exodos "a military expedition; a solemn procession; departure; death," literally "a going out," from ex "out" (see ex-) + hodos "a way, path, road; a ride, journey, march," figuratively "way out</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of plague" href="/word/plague"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">plague<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge, severe trouble or vexation;" early 15c., "malignant disease," from Old French plage (14c., Modern French plaie), from Late Latin plaga "affliction; slaughter, destruction," used in Vulgate for "pestilence," from Latin plaga </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Elohim" href="/word/Elohim"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">Elohim<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">a name of God in the Bible, c. 1600, from Hebrew, plural (of majesty?) of Eloh "God" (cognate with Allah), a word of unknown etymology, perhaps an augmentation of El "God," also of unknown origin. 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The meaning "diligent scientific inquiry and investigation directed to</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of attitude" href="/word/attitude"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">attitude<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1660s, "posture or position of a figure in a statue or painting," via French attitude (17c.), from Italian attitudine "disposition, posture," also "aptness, promptitude," from Late Latin aptitudinem (nominative aptitudo; see aptitude, which is its doublet). 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