serjeant

Concise Bible Dictionary:

This was literally “one who carried a rod:” an inferior Roman officer who attended the magistrates to execute their orders, otherwise called a LICTOR (Acts 16:35,3835And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. (Acts 16:35)
38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. (Acts 16:38)). They carried a bundle of rods, in the center of which was an ax.

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:
4465 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)
Greek:
ῥαβδοῦχος
Transliteration:
rhabdouchos
Phonic:
hrab-doo’-khos
Meaning:
from 4464 and 2192; a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. a Roman lictor (constable or executioner)
KJV Usage:
serjeant