Sargent (name)

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Sargent is a surname of Latin (possibly Etruscan), early medieval English and Old French origin, and has also been used as a given name.[2]

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Sargent
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameOld French and Middle English
MeaningSoldier (servant of the law), or Protector[1]
Region of originBritain
Other names
Related namesSargeant, Sergius, Sergeant
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Background

The surname of Sargent in the various ways in which it is spelled is said to have come from the Latin phrase, "servientes armorum" (men discharging a military service) and therefore, soldiers [Sergeant] ("Serjens d'Armes"); and "Serjiant of the Law" [Serjeant-at-law] ("Serviens ad Legem") was also a term in very early use. The English translation of Serviens into Sargent did not appear until the reign of Henry III or Edward I.[3][4][5] Today, the surname has many variant spellings ranging from Sargant, Sargeant and Seargeant to Sergant, Searjeant and Sergeaunt.[6]

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Notable people with the name include:

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Fictional characters

  • John Sargent, alter ego of the DC Comics character Sargon the Sorcerer c. 1941
    His grandson David Sargent inherited this alter ego.
  • Joe Sargent, a bus driver in the horror novella The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft.

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