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Noun: sergeant major (sergeants major,sergeant majors)  'saa(r)-junt 'mey-ju(r)
  1. A noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
    - command sergeant major
     
  2. Large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
    - Abudefduf saxatilis

Derived forms: sergeant majors, sergeants major

Type of: damselfish, demoiselle [archaic], sarge [informal], sergeant

Part of: Abudefduf, genus Abudefduf

Encyclopedia: Sergeant major

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