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serjeant-at-law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
ser-jean-t-at-law
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar, who for many centuries had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas.

Inflected Forms

serjeants-at-law (canonical) serjeants-at-law (plural) sergeant-at-law (alternative)

Synonyms

serjeant SL sergeant-at-law sergeant

Questions

What does serjeant-at-law mean?
A member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar, who for many centuries had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas.

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