sergeant major

Definition of Sergeant Major in English :

1. command sergeant major, sergeant major

a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army

2. abudefduf saxatilis, sergeant major

large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sergeant Major

noun

1.

a noncommissioned officer of the highest rank or having specific administrative tasks in branches of the armed forces of various countries

2.

a large damselfish, Abudefduf saxatilis, having a bluish-grey body marked with black stripes

Word forms: plural sergeants major

1.

the chief administrative noncommissioned officer in a military headquarters

an occupational title and not a rank

2. US, Us Army, Us Marine Corps

the highest ranking noncommissioned officer

3.

a small damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) with several dark, wide, vertical stripes on its bright-yellowish upper body

n. pl. sergeants major or sergeant majors

1.

a. Used as a title for a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant of a headquarters unit of the US Army or Marine Corps.

b. One who holds this title.

2. Chiefly British A noncommissioned or warrant officer of the highest rank in a company or unit of battalion size.

3. A damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) of warm seas, having a flattened body with dark vertical stripes.