sergeant major in English

noun
1
a noncommissioned officer in the US Army or Marine Corps of the highest rank, above master sergeant and below warrant officer.
The conference is open to Active and Reserve component battalion-level and above CSS leaders in the ranks of sergeant major and above and joint service equivalents.
2
a warrant officer in the British army.
The senior non-commissioned member of a British unit is its regimental sergeant major .
3
a fish with boldly striped sides that lives in warm seas, typically on coral reefs.
Holding the chain railing, we followed our leader and had up-close encounters with yellow tails, sergeant majors , blue tang, trumpet fish, and other reef dwellers.

Use "sergeant major" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "sergeant major" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "sergeant major", or refer to the context using the word "sergeant major" in the English Dictionary.

1. "Fall out, men!" shouted the sergeant-major.

2. "Company, fall in!" shouted the sergeant-major.

3. The sergeant-major ordered the men to close up.

4. Her father was a sergeant-major of the gendarmerie in Kidal.

5. Now the Checkerboards from the sergeant major to the privates, single and married, live in Berthings

6. A Battalion normally is commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and a command sergeant major serves as principal NCO assistant

7. The modern Circus was actually created in England by Philip Astley (1742-1814), a former cavalry Sergeant-Major turned showman

8. " To look at , " said the sergeant major , fumbling in his pocket , " it 's just an ordinary little paw , dried to a mummy . "

9. The Sergeant-Major had said that like all other legionnaires we would learn to sing in perfect time, so sing we would.

10. As a Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonels are assisted by one or more Majors, many junior non-commissioned officers, and a Command Sergeant Major

11. And so, as is customary at Fort Apache the commanding officer, Colonel Owen Thursday will lead out the wife of our sergeant major the charming Mrs. Michael O'Rourke.

12. Her husband drew the talisman from his pocket and then all three burst into laughter as the sergeant major , with a look of alarm on his face , caught him by the arm .

13. The sergeant major shook hands , and taking the proffered seat by the fire , watched contentedly while his host got out whisky and tumblers and stood a small copper kettle on the fire .

14. Colonels typically command a brigade-sized unit consisting of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers, with the assistance of several junior commissioned officers and a Command Sergeant Major as a primary non-commissioned officer advisor.

15. Circus - Circus - Philip Astley and the first Circuses: The modern circus came into being in England in 1768 when Philip Astley, a former sergeant major turned trick rider, found that if he galloped in a circle while standing on his horse’s back, centrifugal and centripetal forces helped him to keep his balance

16. Sergeant Major Edwin Bezar (18 February 1838 – 6 February 1936) was an English soldier and author who fought in the Crimean War, counter-insurgency in the Aden Settlement and the New Zealand Wars.At his death in 1936 aged 97 he was the last surviving soldier of the 57th Regiment that had fought in the New Zealand Wars; he may have been the war’s last surviving combatant but this is