battlemaster

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English

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Etymology

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From battle +‎ master.

Noun

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battlemaster (plural battlemasters)

  1. One who is in charge of managing the troops during battle.
  2. One who is in charge of managing simulated battle or war games.
    • 1992 September, Data Tables From Combat Vehicle Command and Control Battalion-Level Preliminary Evaluation, United States Army, Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, page F-9:
      The battlemaster will remind participants to conserve their ammo during remainder of scenario.
    • 1994, J. D. Fletcher, “What Networked Simulation Offers to the Assessment of Collectives”, in Harold F. O’Neil, Jr., Eva L. Baker, editors, Technology Assessment in Software Applications, Hillsdale, N.J., Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 261:
      No umpires, battlemasters, or other outside influences are expected or permitted to affect the outcome of a networked simulation engagement once it begins.
  3. One who is very skilled in battling.
    • 1993 March, Clayton Walnum, “Lords of Thunder”, in VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, page 41:
      But a word of warning: This game is tough enough on the normal setting. Only battlemasters supreme will venture far on the higher settings.