Definition:
serpent
- serpentA biblical name for Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20)
- serpentA dragon or other mythical snakelike reptile
- serpentA bass wind instrument made of leather-covered wood in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys. It was played in military and church bands from the 17th to 19th centuries
- serpentA large snake
- serpentA sly or treacherous person, esp. one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray it
- serpenta snake