Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sergeant_major

2 senses of sergeant major

Sense 1
sergeant major, command sergeant major -- (a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army)
       => sergeant -- (any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal)

Sense 2
sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis -- (large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide)
       => damselfish, demoiselle -- (small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs)