Master-at-arms

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  master-at-arms \master-at-arms\ n. (Naut.)
     The senior petty officer of a ship, responsible for
     discipline aboard the ship.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  master-at-arms
       n : the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard
           ship
       [also: {masters-at-arms} (pl)]