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sergeant at mace en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (historical) A low-ranking executive officer who carries a mace as a badge of office.
    • Bauthumley ended as a respectable citizen of his native Leicester, library-keeper and serjeant-at-mace. 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 178:
    • This device, preceded by a band of music, is carried in procession by the Sergeant at Mace, after whom follow a man and woman, gaily and fantastically attired, in the characters of Lord and Lady, who perform the dance to a tabor and pipe. 1828, The Crypt, volume III, page 224:

Forms

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sergeants at mace Number=Plur lexicographic
sergeant at the mace alternative lexicographic
serjeant-at-mace alternative lexicographic
serjeant at mace alternative lexicographic
sergeant-at-mace alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

sergeant of the mace