sergeant major

sergeant major

See also: sergeant-major

English

Noun

sergeant major (plural sergeant majors or sergeants major)

1. (Canada) A senior non-commissioned appointment in the Army of a company or unit, directly responsible to the officer in charge for their soldiers' performance, standards, discipline, morale, welfare, et al, that can be held by a Warrant Officer or above.
2. (US, plural sergeants major) The most senior rank of non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above a first sergeant. In the United States Marine Corps it ranks above First Sergeant and is equal in grade to Master Gunnery Sergeant.
3. (Britain, plural sergeant majors) An appointment (not a rank) in the British Army and Royal Marines, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer in a battalion, regiment or company.
4. (Singapore, plural sergeant majors) An appointment (not a rank) in the Singapore Army and National Cadet Corps, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer in a battalion, regiment, company or unit.
5. A fish, the pintano (Abudefduf saxatilis).

Derived terms

• sergeant-majorly

Translations

sergeant major

French: sergent-major (fr) m German: Hauptfeldwebel (de) m Greek: ανθυπασπιστής (el) m (anthypaspistís) Irish: maorsháirsint m Italian: sergente maggiore m Macedonian: главен наредник m (glaven narednik) Manx: ard-harjant m Portuguese: sargento-mor (pt) m Russian: старшина́ (ru) m (staršiná) (highest non-commissioned rank), ста́рший сержа́нт (ru) m (stáršij seržánt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: стожерни наредник m, стожерна наредница f Roman: stožerni narednik m, stožerna narednica f Spanish: sargento mayor m Swedish: regementsförvaltare c (in the Swedish Army), militärmästare c (in the Finnish Army) Vietnamese: thượng sĩ (vi)

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Japanese: (please verify) 曹長 (ja) (そうちょう, sōchō) Norman: (please verify) sèrgent-mâjeur m (Jersey) Romanian: (please verify) sergent-major (ro) m Serbo-Croatian: Roman: (please verify) nadnárednīk (sh) m (Serbian), (please verify) viši narednik m (Bosnian)

Further reading

• sergeant major on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• US Army Rank Insignia
• Sergeants Major of the Marine Corps, US Marine Corps Legacy Museum
• British and US Military Ranks