Definitions for sergeant-major

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Sergeant-Major is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 1607 anagrams from letters in sergeant-major (-aaeegjmnorrst).

Definitions for sergeant-major

noun

  1. U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant in a unit headquarters.
  2. U.S. Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer ranking above a first sergeant.
  3. a small damselfish, Abudefduf saxatilis, inhabiting warm Atlantic waters, having vertical black stripes on each side.

Origin of sergeant-major

First recorded in 1565-75

Examples for sergeant-major

When I order the sergeant major to read the list, only a few are missing.

He had not got to the door, however, when the sergeant major's voice arrested him.

I reported this to our sergeant major, and the parcels were opened.

sergeant major Mike Booley, 46, said that a string of promises were broken over his career.

A sergeant major came in, with a gendarme, who had two women with him.

“Now I see a rainbow of hope from a place of darkness,” sergeant major Robert Haemmerle told the crowd.

Then I understand that you withdraw your charge against the sergeant major.

But the sergeant major was too old a soldier to be caught napping.

"He'll remember it," he muttered, turning to the sergeant major.

"By gad, we'll chance the zeps, sir," said the sergeant major.

Word Value for sergeant-major
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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