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) (Zoöl.) The cow pilot.
Ser"geant*cy (?), n. Same as Sergeancy.
Ser"geant*ry (?), n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.] See Sergeanty. [R.]
[Written also serjeantry.]
Ser"geant*ship, n. The office of sergeant.
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.
Se"ri*al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a
series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or
publication. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H.
Spencer.