pipe major
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noun
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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How to use pipe major in a sentence
The Pipe Major of the 8th Gordons was badly wounded, but refused to be touched until the other men were tended.
Now It Can Be Told|Philip GibbsYou would think that Pipe Major owned at least half of Winnipeg.
The Major|Ralph ConnorI forget who the rest were, but we were joined by John M'Leod, the pipe-major, and one or two more.
Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59|William Forbes-Mitchell