sergeant major

Questions about sergeant major

What does sergeant major mean?

sergeant major means "a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sergeant major?

Close synonyms include command sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sergeant major a common word?

sergeant major is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.