serjeant
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Serjeant at Arms, who is responsible for upholding order in the Commons, will be contacting the MP for Ashfield to remind him of the rules.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023
The only exception to the rule is the Serjeant at Arms, who still carries a sword whilst in the chamber.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2015
The Serjeant at Arms' duties involve carrying the mace during the Speaker's procession and placing it on the Despatch Box in the Chamber of the House of Commons.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2015
Parliament is in search of a new Serjeant at Arms.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2015
The Serjeant recommended we break furniture; our hostess’s wife remonstrated that this was not to our purpose.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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