warmaster

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English

Etymology

From war +‎ master.

Noun

warmaster (plural warmasters)

(sword and sorcery) An advisor to the sovereign who specializes in waging war.
- 1981, Thomas F 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 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.

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