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PRONUNCIATION OF SERGEANCY

sergeancy  [ˈsɑːdʒənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERGEANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sergeancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SERGEANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sergeancy in the English dictionary

The first definition of sergeancy in the dictionary is the position or rank of a noncommissioned officer in certain armed forces, usually ranking above a corporal. Other definition of sergeancy is the position or rank of a police officer ranking between constable and inspector. Sergeancy is also the position or rank of a police officer ranking below a captain.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SERGEANCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
assurgency
əˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
astringency
əˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
cogency
ˈkəʊdʒənsɪ
contingency
kənˈtɪndʒənsɪ
convergency
kənˈvɜːdʒənsɪ
counterinsurgency
ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
detergency
dɪˈtɜːdʒənsɪ
divergency
daɪˈvɜːdʒənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
insurgency
ɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
interagency
ˌɪntərˈeɪdʒənsɪ
nonemergency
ˌnɒnɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
postemergency
ˌpəʊstɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
pungency
ˈpʌndʒənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
serjeancy
ˈsɑːdʒənsɪ
surgeoncy
ˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
urgency
ˈɜːdʒənsɪ
vergency
ˈvɜːdʒənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SERGEANCY

serf
serfage
serfdom
serfhood
serfish
serflike
serfship
serge
serge suit
sergeant
sergeant at arms
sergeant at law
sergeant baker
sergeant first class
sergeant major
sergeantship
sergeanty
serged
serger
serging

WORDS THAT END LIKE SERGEANCY

accountancy
Clancy
conservancy
consultancy
discrepancy
expectancy
faineancy
fancy
infancy
life expectancy
miscreancy
nancy
occupancy
pregnancy
recreancy
redundancy
relevancy
tenancy
the fancy
vacancy

Synonyms and antonyms of sergeancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sergeancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERGEANCY

Find out the translation of sergeancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sergeancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sergeancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sergeancy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sergeancy
570 millions of speakers

English

sergeancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sergeancy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sergeancy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sergeancy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sergeancy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sergeancy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sergeancy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sergeancy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sergeancy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sergeancy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sergeancy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sergeancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sergeancy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sergeancy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्जेंसी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sergeancy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sergeancy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sergeancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sergeancy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sergeancy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sergeancy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sergeancy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sergeancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sergeancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sergeancy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SERGEANCY»

The term «sergeancy» is normally little used and occupies the 136.333 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SERGEANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sergeancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sergeancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sergeancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERGEANCY»

Discover the use of sergeancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sergeancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A topographical history of Nottinghamshire
and 5 bovates to Newstead Priory.1 In 1270 John Torkard paid £4. for 2 fees held of the honor of Hugh Wake de Brune ;2 William de Bretun held 2 bovates here and in Radford and Kirkby, of the sergeancy of Hucknall, of Hugh Fitz Coste ...
John Curtis (of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.), 1844
2
A History and Genealogy of the Davenport Family: In England ...
28, 1850: "Though the office of grand sergeancy since the time of Queen Elizabeth has been comparatively obsolete, yet Waifs, Estrays and Mortuaries were claimed as late as when my father succeeded to the estates ; and I remember the old ...
Amzi Benedict Davenport, 1851
3
The beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations... of ...
This village was anciently held in sergeancy of the king, by drengage service ; it has a fair on the twenty-fourth of August ; its church is cruciform, old, and spacious ; and the vale in which it stand* is extremely rich, well cultivated, and beautiful.
England, John Britton, 1813
4
The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, ...
This village was anciently held in.sergeancy of the king, by drengage service; it bas a fair on the twenty-fourth of August ; its church is cruciform, old, and spacious ; and the vale in which it stands is extremely rich, well cultivated, and beautiful.
Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, 1813
5
The history and topography of ... Essex
Geofrey, or Godfrey de Liston, held lands by this tenure in 1226, and also lands in Witham, by the sergeancy of carrying flour • Gesta Guillclmi Ducis, &C. and G. Pictavensi, p. 187. t Ordericus Vitalis, p. 681. J Willclm. Gcmmctic, p. 296.
Thomas Wright, 1836
6
Medieval Trim: History And Archaeology
8d. of the issues of the bailiwick and chief sergeancy of the liberty of Trim for the Michaelmas term of 1342. 56 At the same time he was charged £46 13*. 4^. for the preceding iVi years, at a rate of £18 13*. ^d. per annum, and a further £28 in ...
Michael Potterton, 2005
7
The ancestry of Chamberlin and Grant
Vivian de Davenporte had a grant of the magisterial sergeancy of the hundred of Macclesfield, from Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester, by charter made during the justiceship of Philip de Orreby, between 1209 and 1226. It appears that ...
June G. Henderson, 2000
8
Incidents of Border Life: Illustrative of the Times and ...
... rich plunder, and fine arms in the end, we made a shift to be tolerably merry : for my own part, I had obtained ai sergeancy, and flattered myself I was in the direct road to honour, fame and fortune. Alas! how fluctuating are the scenes of life !
‎1841
9
The History of Essex: From the Earliest Period to the ...
It continued in the crown till Henry II. granted it to the family of Sandford, to hold by grand sergeancy§ of finding a damsel towait in the qneen's chamber on the day of co* ronation. Fulk Basset, bishop of London, purchased the wardship of Alice ...
Elizabeth Ogborne, 1814
10
Western Warfare In The Age Of The Crusades, 1000-1300
In the late eleventh century the abbot of Peterborough established a sergeancy for one Vivian, but the service that he owed for it was that of one knight.3 All of this suggests that knights were a very diverse group, and this would not be ...
John France, 2002

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERGEANCY»

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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Xbox 360 Review
... well as Russian support forces, and their mission is to stop an anti-government sergeancy sweeping throughout Africa with a super weapon known as 'Trinity'. «Capsule Computers, Oct 11»

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