warmaster

Noun

1. An advisor to the sovereign who specializes in waging war.
   • 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 &...
   • 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...
   • 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...