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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Words nearby pipe major

pipe jacking, pipe-layer, pipeline, pipeliner, pipelining, pipe major, pip emma, pipe of peace, pipe organ, piper, piperaceous

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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 Gibbs
You would think that Pipe Major owned at least half of Winnipeg.
The Major|Ralph Connor
I 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