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Chargeant
Chargeant Char"geant, a. [F. chargeant, fr. charger to load.]
Burdensome; troublesome. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Color sergeantColor sergeant Col"or ser"geant
See under Sergeant. Drill sergeantSergeant Ser"geant, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.
--Shak.
2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The cobia.
Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The cow pilot. Drill sergeantDrill Drill, n.
1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making
holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with
its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a
succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill
press.
2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the
military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution
of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict
instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of
any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as,
infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.
3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin
grammar.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which
kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through
the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx
cinerea.
Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast.
Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for
drilling slots.
Diamond drill. See under Diamond.
Drill jig. See under Jig.
Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem
of the key.
Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose
office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and
to train them to military exercises and evolutions.
Vertical drill, a drill press. Grand sergeantySergeanty Ser"geant*y, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
serjeanty.]
Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Petit sergeanty. See under Petit. Orderly sergeantOrderly Or"der*ly, a.
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
course or plan. --Milton.
2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
orderly community.
3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
``An orderly . . . march.' --Clarendon.
4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
``Aids-de-camp and orderly men.' --Sir W. Scott.
Orderly book (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
general and regimental orders are recorded.
Orderly officer, the officer of the day, or that officer of
a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
Orderly room.
(a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
against the men of the regiment are tried.
(b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
Orderly sergeant, the first sergeant of a company. Pageant
Pageant Pag"eant, a.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. ``Pageant pomp.'
--Dryden.
Pageant
Pageant Pag"eant, v. t.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] ``He
pageants us.' --Shak.
Pageantry
Pageantry Pag"eant*ry (-r[y^]), n.
Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular
quality; splendor.
Such pageantry be to the people shown. --Dryden.
The pageantry of festival. --J. A.
Symonds.
Syn: Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle.
Petit sergeantySergeanty Ser"geant*y, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
serjeanty.]
Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Petit sergeanty. See under Petit. SergeantSergeant Ser"geant, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.
--Shak.
2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The cobia.
Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The cow pilot. sergeantSergeant Ser"geant, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.
--Shak.
2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The cobia.
Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The cow pilot. Sergeant majorSergeant Ser"geant, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.
--Shak.
2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The cobia.
Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The cow pilot. Sergeant-at-armsSergeant Ser"geant, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.
--Shak.
2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The cobia.
Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The cow pilot. SergeantcySergeantcy Ser"geant*cy, n.
Same as Sergeancy. SergeantrySergeantry Ser"geant*ry, n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.]
See Sergeanty. [R.] [Written also serjeantry.] Sergeantship
Sergeantship Ser"geant*ship, n.
The office of sergeant.
SergeantySergeanty Ser"geant*y, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
serjeanty.]
Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
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