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Sarn't|sɑːnt|
Also Sarnt, Sar'nt, etc. and with small initial.
Mil. colloq. abbrev. of sergeant n. 9 a. (Freq. used as a term of address.) Also Sarn't-major = sergeant-major 2. Cf. Sar-Major.
1930Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang 159 Sarnt, a smart and soldierly pronunciation of sergeant. Only used before the N.C.O.'s surname, e.g. ‘Sarnt Smith’, but ‘Here's the Sergeant’. Also in Sarnt-Major, but here it could be used without the surname. 1945Gen 30 June 50/1 An erb would turn up from no-where, come up to the sarnt and ‘Flight Sarnt So-and-So's compliments, Sarnt, and can A. C. Actor be released from polo practice’. 1946[see pee v.2 2 b]. 1959I. Jefferies Thirteen Days i. 21 ‘Ah, Sar'nt,’ he said, nodding to my salute. 1972G. Bell Villains Galore vii. 85 ‘Get out of there. Sarn't major...’ They got out and were searched. The sergeant-major was thorough. 1972F. Durbridge Bat out of Hell v. 157 Let me put you in the picture, Sar'nt. 1978R. Mark Office of Constable iii. 39 A bugler whose lip split whilst blowing the single-note half-hour call provoked the falsetto scream, ‘Sarn't major... Take his name for idle blowing of the 'orn.’ |