Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A non-commissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a battalion. Compare
drum-major .
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The warning notes of the reveille trilling in sweetest melody from the fife of the accomplished fife-major, accompanied by the slumber-ending rattle of the drum, admitted of no alternative.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
chained_bear commented on the word fife-major
Military. A non-commissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.
February 7, 2007