SERGEANT MAJOR


Meaning of SERGEANT MAJOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

( plural sergeants major or sergeant majors )

Date: 1797

1. : a noncommissioned officer in the army or marine corps serving as chief administrative assistant in a headquarters

2. : a noncommissioned officer in the marine corps ranking above a first sergeant

3. : a bluish-green to yellow bony fish ( Abudefduf saxatilis of the family Pomacentridae) with black vertical stripes on the sides that is widely distributed in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.