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Master-at-arms   /mˈæstər-æt-ɑrmz/   Listen
Master-at-arms

noun
1.
The senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship.





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"Master-at-arms" Quotes from Famous Books



... he said. A few moments elapsed, during which the captain, now clothed in his most dreadful attributes, fixed his eyes severely upon the crew, when suddenly a lane formed through the crowd of seamen, and the prisoners advanced—the master-at-arms, rattan in hand, on one side, and an armed marine on the other,—and took up their stations ...
— Sustained honor - The Age of Liberty Established • John R. Musick,
... Uncle of Andoche Finot; began as simple soldier in the army of Sambre and Meuse; five years master-at-arms in the First Hussars—army of Italy; charged at Eylau with Colonel Chabert. He passed into the dragoons of the Imperial Guard, where he was captain in 1815. The Restoration interrupted his military career. Finot, ...
— Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z • Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe


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