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Definition of Pipe major
1. Noun. The chief piper in a band of bagpipes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipe Major
Literary usage of Pipe major
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1900)
"The dancing was in the capable hands of Pipe-Major Sutherland, ... Pipe-Major
Sutherland also gave a finely executed exhibition of the sword dance. ..."
2. The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music, with Some Account by Wiliam Laird Manson (1901)
"1893—Pipe-Major Matheson, 3rd Highland Light Infantry. 1894—Pipe-Major D. Campbell,
... 8.—Pipe-Major Robert Meldrum, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. ..."
3. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1899)
"Bagpipe Music by Pipe-Major RONALD MACKENZIE, Gordon Castle, Piper to the Society.
... after the names of Pipe-Major Ronald Mackenzie and Pipe-Major DH ..."
4. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1895)
"Probably the first place would be given to Pipe-Major Robert Ireland by the ...
This year the prize fell for the third time to Pipe-Major John Matheson who ..."
5. The Celtic Magazine by Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain (1884)
"excellent bagpipe music was supplied by a large band of pipers, composed of Pipe-
Major Maclennan, of the 2nd Battalion the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; ..."
6. Transactions by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1900)
"The dancing was in the capable hands of Pipe-Major Sutherland, ... Pipe-Major
Sutherland also gave a finely executed exhibition of the sword dance. ..."
7. The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music, with Some Account by Wiliam Laird Manson (1901)
"1893—Pipe-Major Matheson, 3rd Highland Light Infantry. 1894—Pipe-Major D. Campbell,
... 8.—Pipe-Major Robert Meldrum, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. ..."
8. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1899)
"Bagpipe Music by Pipe-Major RONALD MACKENZIE, Gordon Castle, Piper to the Society.
... after the names of Pipe-Major Ronald Mackenzie and Pipe-Major DH ..."
9. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1895)
"Probably the first place would be given to Pipe-Major Robert Ireland by the ...
This year the prize fell for the third time to Pipe-Major John Matheson who ..."
10. The Celtic Magazine by Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain (1884)
"excellent bagpipe music was supplied by a large band of pipers, composed of Pipe-
Major Maclennan, of the 2nd Battalion the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; ..."
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