warmaster
nounEtymology From war + master.
1
An advisor to the sovereign who specializes in waging war.
Sword and sorcery
- Ozymandias had jumped into the projects of warmasters so completely that he thought he might be losing sight of his original objectives.1981, Thomas F[rancis] Monteleone, Ozymandias, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 152:
- The emperor sat within his tent of silk surrounded by his captains. His warmaster, Darik, was beside him.1985, David A[ndrew] Gemmell, chapter 21, in The King Beyond the Gate, London: Century Publishing, →ISBN, page 261:
3 more examples
- 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.2002, Jim Bishop, “Goblin King”, in Jess Lebow, editor, The Secrets of Magic, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 104:
- Edwin, his sons and his warmaster led their horses to the gate in the stockade.2014, Edoardo Albert, Edwin, High King of Britain (The Northumbrian Thrones 1), Lion Fiction, →ISBN, page 208:
- Walking away, Magnus abandoned his warmasters with that chilly notion to tuck into their bedrolls and guarantee them a restless sleep.2014, Christian A. Brown, Feast of Fates, →ISBN, page 433: