transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsär-jənt ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, servant, attendant, sergeant, from Anglo-French sergant, serjant, from Latin servient-, serviens, present participle of servire to serve
Date: 13th century
1. : sergeant at arms
2. obsolete : an officer who enforces the judgments of a court or the commands of one in authority
3. : a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army and marine corps above a corporal and below a staff sergeant ; broadly : noncommissioned officer
4. : an officer in a police force ranking in the United States just below captain or sometimes lieutenant and in England just below inspector