drillmaster

American  

[dril-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈdrɪlˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

noun

1. a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.

2. Military. a person who instructs in marching drill.

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drillmaster British  

/ ˈdrɪlˌmɑːstə /

noun

1. Also called: drill sergeant.  obsolete a military drill instructor

2. a person who instructs in a strict manner

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Etymology

Origin of drillmaster

First recorded in 1865–70; drill ¹ + master

Example Sentences

The drillmaster’s wisdom quoth that the mark of the true soldier is not the ability to fire, but the courage to hold one’s fire; that the expertise is not in the hot moment of engagement, but in its delay.

From Literature

“They called him the Drillmaster, because he brought drill instructions to the Continental Army.”

From New York Times

The flamboyant “colonel,” as Forbes styled himself, struck Brown as the perfect drillmaster for the volunteer force he planned to train.

From BusinessWeek

But he was more than a drillmaster, fundamental as that is.

From Project Gutenberg

Poor Texas was the subject of a ten-minute discourse upon "impertinence and presumption," because he was guilty of the heinous offense of bursting out laughing in the midst of one of the irate little drillmaster's tirades.

From Project Gutenberg