weaponmaster

Noun

1. An official in charge of all the weaponry belonging to an organization or household.
   • The chief heroes of the Dietrich cycle are his weaponmaster Hildebrand with his nephews the Wolfings Alphart and Wolfhart; Wittich, who renounced his allegiance and slew Attila’s sons; and Heime and Biterolf. - 1964,...
   • He then bade them rise and leave us, which they did, as a fitterwoman with sleep still in her eyes stumbled through the double doors with the weaponmaster. - 1977, Janet Morris, The Golden Sword, published 1981, →ISBN,...
   • Beside him Fflad clumsily unsheathed the sword Cashma’s weaponmaster had given him. - 1980, Paul R. Fisher, The Hawks of Fellheath, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, pages 184–185:
2. An expert in the use of a class of weapons, especially one who teaches their use.
   • Also, the weapon is unique in that the user can easily hit himself with it if he miscalculates. Even black belt weaponmasters have been known to nail themselves painfully on elbow or noggin. - 1978, Massad F. Ayoob,...
   • Old Pyk, the Freefighter weaponmaster, clucked concernedly while he wrapped bandage about Bili’s thigh. - 1981, Robert Adams, The Death of a Legend, Signet Books, →ISBN, page 61:
   • We couldn’t stop Thrall’s army. We couldn’t even slow it down. All our wizards and weaponmasters were dead. The whole city bled. - 2000, Curtis Craddock, Sparrow’s Flight, Write Way Publishing, →ISBN, page 128: