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DRILL MASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drill master mean?
• DRILL MASTER (noun)
The noun DRILL MASTER has 1 sense:
1. a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
Familiarity information: DRILL MASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
drill instructor; drill master
Hypernyms ("drill master" is a kind of...):
enlisted officer; noncom; noncommissioned officer (a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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