pipe major

British  

noun

1. the noncommissioned officer, generally of warrant officer's rank, who is responsible for the training, duty, and discipline of a military or civilian pipe band

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Example Sentences

The pipe major had been diagnosed with mouth cancer and the surgeon said the only way to operate on his tongue was to remove all 32 teeth.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

“It gives us something to distinguish ourselves, and to spread our message of unity through music,” said the band’s pipe major, Tushar Patel, 24, a medical student, who was one of the founding members.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2017

Guffy, a sophomore, is pipe major, has played trumpet, piano and saxophone, and has been a student of the bagpipe since September 2012.

From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2015

"The pipe major came in, and to say he was unhappy was putting it mildly," he says.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2013

It went into battle to a sound it loved�its pipe major, who had not been allowed to skirl his bagpipes in Tobruk, played the men on.

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