# weaponmaster
## English
### Alternative forms

* weaponsmaster

### Etymology

From weapon +‎ master.

### Noun

weaponmaster (plural weaponmasters)
* An official in charge of all the weaponry belonging to an organization or household.
** 1964, Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 7 (Daisy to Educational Psychology), Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; William Benton, […], page 406, column 2: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.
** 1977, Janet Morris, The Golden Sword, published 1981, →ISBN, page 121: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.
** 1980, Paul R. Fisher, The Hawks of Fellheath, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, pages 184–185:Beside him Fflad clumsily unsheathed the sword Cashma’s weaponmaster had given him.
** 1982, Colin Kapp, Search for the Sun!, New English Library, →ISBN, page 18:They moved only in highly-trained trios, were equipped with weapons and shields not available from any common weaponmaster, and had skills in detention and death dealing which even a professional assassin might envy.
** 2009, Katharine Kerr, The Silver Mage (The Silver Wyrm; book four), DAW Books, →ISBN, page 67:“[…] We’ll be glad to show you what we know.” “Splendid! Then you shall be weaponmasters and serve me doubly.” He turned and beckoned one of the swordsmen forward, a pale-haired man with deep-set green eyes. “This is Andariel, the leader of my personal guard. In the morning, he’ll fetch you, and he’ll show you what horses we have. Obviously your brother needs to rest.”
* An expert in the use of a class of weapons, especially one who teaches their use.
** 1978, Massad F. Ayoob, Fundamentals of Modern Police Impact Weapons, Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, →ISBN, page 58: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.
** 1981, Robert Adams, The Death of a Legend, Signet Books, →ISBN, page 61:Old Pyk, the Freefighter weaponmaster, clucked concernedly while he wrapped bandage about Bili’s thigh.
** 2000, Curtis Craddock, Sparrow’s Flight, Write Way Publishing, →ISBN, page 128: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.
** 2006, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Weatherwitch (The Crowthistle Chronicles; book three), New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 191:Sometimes she walked to the royal residence herself to deliver the news, for it was less than half a mile away, and while visiting she would avail herself of the king’s private library, or practice swordplay with one of the weaponmasters.
** 2013, Jack Burroughs, The Two Empires, →ISBN, page 146:The martial styles were developed hundreds of years ago by dwarven weaponmasters.
** 2014, Rebecca Levene, Smiler’s Fair (The Hollow Gods; book I), Hodder & Stoughton, published 2015, →ISBN, page 318:‘There are no better weaponmasters in the fair than the Jorlith. I need to fight well and the best training for a brawl is a brawl. Everything else is just play-acting.’
** 2016, A.F.E. Smith, Goldenfire (The Darkhaven Novels; book two), Harper Voyager, →ISBN, page 45:In the past, youngsters had turned up at the fifth ring whenever they saw fit. The weaponmasters and their assistants would assess them, agreeing to train them if they showed the basic aptitude necessary to become warriors.