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Sargent
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A surname derived from the medieval occupational title "sergeant."
"John Singer Sargent was one of the era's most celebrated portrait painters."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA surname, most famously associated with the painter John Singer Sargent.
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Etymology
A variant spelling of "sergeant," originally an occupational surname.