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battlemaster

noun

Etymology

From battle + master.

  1. derived from maistre
  2. derived from *méǵh₂s✻
  3. derived from magester
  4. derived from magister — “chief, teacher, leader”
  5. inherited from mǣster
  6. inherited from maister
  7. compounded as battlemaster — “battle + master”

Definitions

  1. One who is in charge of managing the troops during battle.

    • You shall be my battlemaster, Murad, and all shall know you stand highest among my servants.
    • Over the radio net the battlemasters chattered in yashi growls and hisses as they shuffled patrol formations again.
    • Battlemasters didn’t have to answer to anybody.

  2. One who is in charge of managing simulated battle or war games.

    • The battlemaster will remind participants to conserve their ammo during remainder of scenario.
    • No umpires, battlemasters, or other outside influences are expected or permitted to affect the outcome of a networked simulation engagement once it begins.

  3. One who is very skilled in battling.

    • But a word of warning: This game is tough enough on the normal setting. Only battlemasters supreme will venture far on the higher settings.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA