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Noun: sergeant at arms (sergeants at arms)
  1. (legislature) an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
    "The sergeant at arms escorted the disruptive spectator from the courtroom";
    - serjeant-at-arms

Derived forms: sergeants at arms

Type of: officeholder, officer

Encyclopedia: Sergeant at arms