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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sergeant major
a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps ranking above a first sergeant.

2. sergeant major
the chief administrative assistant in a military headquarters.

3. sergeant major
a small damselfish, Abudefduf saxatilis, of warm Atlantic waters, having vertical black stripes on each side.

Etymology: (1565–75)

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1. (noun) sergeant major, command sergeant major
a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army

2. (noun) sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis
large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide

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