SERGEANT MAJOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sergeant major mean? 

• SERGEANT MAJOR (noun)
  The noun SERGEANT MAJOR has 2 senses:

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

2. large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide

  Familiarity information: SERGEANT MAJOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERGEANT MAJOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

command sergeant major; sergeant major

Hypernyms ("sergeant major" is a kind of...):

sergeant (any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Abudefduf saxatilis; sergeant major

Hypernyms ("sergeant major" is a kind of...):

damselfish; demoiselle (small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs)

Holonyms ("sergeant major" is a member of...):

Abudefduf; genus Abudefduf (damsel fishes)