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. (British, 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 pintano, a fish of species Abudefduf saxatilis.

Derived terms

• company sergeant major
• regimental sergeant major
• sergeant major loach
• sergeant-majorly

 

Translations

sergeant major

• Finnish: sotilasmestari (fi)
• 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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Translations to be checked‌: "military rank"

• 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