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Definition of Sergeant major
1. Noun. A noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army.
2. Noun. Large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide.
Generic synonyms: Damselfish, Demoiselle
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Definition of Sergeant major
1. Noun. (Canada) A senior non-commissioned appointment in the Army of a company or unit, directly responsible to the officer in charge for their soliders' performance, standards, discipline, morale, welfare, et al, that can be held by a Warrant Officer or above. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) The most senior rank of non-commissioned officer in the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, ranking above a first sergeant. ¹
3. Noun. (British) An appointment (not a rank) in the British Army and Royal Marines, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer in a battalion, regiment or company. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sergeant Major
Literary usage of Sergeant major
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"The office of sergeant-major general was successively held by such men as Dudley,
Endicott, Atherton, ... The duties of the sergeant-major gen- 1 Recs. IV1. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Sergeant - major's wash ... The troop store man ; a term in the cavalry where
the troop sergeant- major has an orderly man or assistant who looks after the ..."
3. The Military Policy of the United States by Emory Upton (1912)
"... one battalion quartermaster and commissary, one sergeant- major, ... to be
taken from the lieutenants of the regiment; one sergeant-major, ..."
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