The commander of the turcopoles or light-armed soldiers of the order of St. John of Jerusalem (later of Rhodes, and Malta).

Originally: any senior army officer; a commander, a general. Later (esp. in marshal of the field, marshal of the camp): an officer of a definite…

= sergeant-major, n. 1b (In the later examples sergeant-general of battle, as a title of high rank in certain foreign armies.)

An experienced, usually long-serving, soldier, esp. in the French or another continental European army. Cf. earlier lancepesade, n. b.

An officer of state and military commander in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795).

Esp. in various European armies: a subordinate or deputy commandant.

A local official among the Cossacks; also, a commander of a sotnia.

A Turkish major, naval commander, or squadron-leader. Also formerly in Egypt, an English officer in the service of the Khedive.

The title of the captain of the city-guard of mercenaries at Athens.

In Imperial Russia: a junior officer; (later) an officer cadet.

A commanding officer of a unit within the Nazi forces of the Schutzstaffel (Schutzstaffel, n.) or the Sturmabteilung (Sturmabteilung, n.).

In full Reichsführer SS, SS Reichsführer. The Commander of the SS, (frequently) spec. Heinrich Himmler. Now historical.

An officer in the Schutzstaffel (formerly part of the Sturmabteilung).