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- n. 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.”
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Fife and Drum Words
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chained_bear Military. A non-commissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment. Feb 7, 2007