serjant

Old French

Alternative forms

• sergeant, sergent, sergient, sergant

Etymology

Variant spelling of sergent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin servientem, accusative of serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“I serve”).

Noun

serjant oblique singular, m (oblique plural serjanz or serjantz, nominative singular serjanz or serjantz, nominative plural serjant)

1. a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Tot maintenant la dameisele
     Un suen serjant privé apele.

     Right away, the lady

     Calls her own sergeant

Descendants

• English: sergeant
• French: sergeant