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

And Stuart Liddell, pipe major of Inveraray and District Pipe Band, is made an MBE for services to piping and music education.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2022

“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

Pinelo was referring to Brian Donaldson, who is in his third year as pipe major at the 220-student boarding school.

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.

From Time Magazine Archive