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sergeant major
noun
- U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant in a unit headquarters.
- U.S. Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer ranking above a first sergeant.
- a small damselfish, Abudefduf saxatilis, inhabiting warm Atlantic waters, having vertical black stripes on each side.
sergeant major
noun
- a noncommissioned officer of the highest rank or having specific administrative tasks in branches of the armed forces of various countries
- a large damselfish, Abudefduf saxatilis, having a bluish-grey body marked with black stripes
Word History and Origins
Origin of sergeant major1
Example Sentences
The Duke of Cambridge made the comment to a former regimental sergeant major, Ray Collister, 56, after the formalities.
I do recall one time, though, when a burly, red-faced command sergeant major became very hands-on.
He is Command Sergeant Major to the Special Operations Command and, thus, the top enlisted adviser to Admiral William McRaven.
“Now I see a rainbow of hope from a place of darkness,” Sergeant Major Robert Haemmerle told the crowd.
Sergeant Major Mike Booley, 46, said that a string of promises were broken over his career.
A number were killed, among them the sergeant major—a large, powerful man.
He, too, was a sergeant-major of a line regiment in the old army.
As for the revolver, I got into trouble with the Sergeant-Major this night for parading for picket without it.
By this time the sergeant-major too was at his wits' end as he looked round his spotless lines.
Formerly sergeant-major in the —th regiment; now a gold-digger in California.
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