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sergeant major

ser·geant ma·jor (plural ser·geants ma·jor or ser·geant ma·jors)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. U.S. military administrative officer: a title for the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer at a U.S. Army or Marine Corps headquarters

2. army rank: a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps of a rank above master sergeant, or a noncommissioned warrant officer of the highest rank in the British Army

3.  (plural ser·geant ma·jors) fish large tropical fish: a large damselfish ranging from blue-green to yellow in color with black vertical stripes. Native to: tropical Atlantic waters.  Latin name Abudefduf saxatilis.

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