MASTER-AT-ARMS (masters-at-arms)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: masters-at-arms   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does master-at-arms mean? 

• MASTER-AT-ARMS (noun)
  The noun MASTER-AT-ARMS has 1 sense:

1. the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship

  Familiarity information: MASTER-AT-ARMS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTER-AT-ARMS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("master-at-arms" is a kind of...):

P.O.; petty officer; PO (a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army)