warmaster

English

Etymology

From war +‎ master.

Noun

warmaster (plural warmasters)

1. (sword and sorcery) An advisor to the sovereign who specializes in waging war.
   • 1981, Thomas F[rancis] Monteleone, Ozymandias, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 152:

     Ozymandias had jumped into the projects of warmasters so completely that he thought he might be losing sight of his original objectives.

   • 1985, David A[ndrew] Gemmell, chapter 21, in The King Beyond the Gate, London: Century Publishing, →ISBN, page 261:

     The emperor sat within his tent of silk surrounded by his captains. His warmaster, Darik, was beside him.

   • 2002, Jim Bishop, “Goblin King”, in Jess Lebow, editor, The Secrets of Magic, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 104:

     The Lord-Protector at the vanguard tipped back his helm and nodded gallantly, and ladies threw scarves and favors until his horse was festooned like a maypole. His warmasters rode behind him as an honor guard, grim and silent.

   • 2014, Edoardo Albert, Edwin, High King of Britain (The Northumbrian Thrones 1), Lion Fiction, →ISBN, page 208:

     Edwin, his sons and his warmaster led their horses to the gate in the stockade.

   • 2014, Christian A. Brown, Feast of Fates, →ISBN, page 433:

     Walking away, Magnus abandoned his warmasters with that chilly notion to tuck into their bedrolls and guarantee them a restless sleep.