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Definition of Drillmaster
1. n. One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics.
Definition of Drillmaster
1. Noun. one who trains others in something ¹
2. Noun. (military) a person who instructs in marching drill ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drillmaster
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drillmaster
Literary usage of Drillmaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"A drillmaster can teach an army the manual of arms, and how to execute all sorts
of evolutions, but only a great general can inspire courage and enthusiasm ..."
2. Practical Beginning German: A Text Book for Beginning Classes in High by Alfred Isaac Roehm (1916)
"(drillmaster, pointing to an object) : Was ist das? ... (drillmaster): Herr ,
bitte, (please) zeigen (show) Sie mir einen Stuhl. ..."
3. Music (1894)
"With the exception of those chapters whose writers and composers are unknown,
the first verse of every chapter contains instruction to the drillmaster as to ..."
4. Camp Fires of the Confederacy: A Volume of Humorous Anecdotes, Reminiscences by Benjamin La Bree (1898)
"was drillmaster. He could polish a steel bit Or scabbard, or roll a blanket, ...
The drillmaster could face the foe, but could not foot a grass snake. ..."
5. Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912 by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (1912)
"He was highly efficient as a drillmaster and was honorably mustered out at the
termination of his period of enlistment as corporal and drillmaster of the ..."
6. Sketches and Reminiscences by Joshua Hilary Hudson (1903)
"Ripley's staff, the appointment of drillmaster, with the monthly pay of thirty
... Having shown myself to be an efficient drillmaster, I next received the ..."
7. Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, 1660-1916 by James Sprunt (1916)
"In 1859 he entered the military academy at Hillsboro, and left there in May,
1861, having been appointed drillmaster by Governor Ellis, and assigned to the ..."
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