sergeantess
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mrs. Taradoodle,Sergeantess at Mace."
- "Ordered, That the Sergeanteſs at Arms, attending this House, do forthwith go with the Mace, to ſummon all the Members to attend the Service of this Houſe on Tueſday next."
- "They have regular recruiting sergeants and sergeantesses, whom they send out to lie in wait for the unwary, and after intoxicating them with the poison of superstition, induce them to enlist."
- "This sister, who, we were told, bore the title and rank of sergeantess (sargenta), possessed the remains of great beauty, and her (probably) forty summers had not injured her commanding and graceful figure."
- "Imagine Sam. going down Broadway some afternoon with a captainess in front of him, a lieutenantess on either side of him, and a sergeantess in the rear!"
- "Miss Belle Rolston was the orderly sergeantess, as Richard Grant White might say, and acquitted herself of her important duties in a faultless manner, receiving the highest praise for her accurate knowledge of every detail and graceful demeanor."