wagon master
Americannoun
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Also wagonmaster. a person hired or chosen to lead and guide a caravan of recreational vehicles, as campers, on a trip.
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Facetious. any leader, chief, commander, or the like.
the wagon master of the bill now before Congress.
Etymology
Origin of wagon master
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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Poitier plays Buck, a wagon master and Union veteran trying to protect formerly enslaved people and Native Americans in the wake of the Civil War.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2022
A wagon master is confronted by a man he wounded years before in episodes from The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2020
Gregory Peck is a tinhorn gambler, Robert Preston a roaring wagon master, Henry Fonda a walrus-mustached buffalo hunter.
From Time Magazine Archive
As wagon master, Bond, with his 215-lb. weatherbeaten hulk, is more consistently convincing than he ever was during his movie career.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Capt. now turned to the wagon master and said, "How much further do you want me and my men to accompany you?"
From Chief of Scouts by Drannan, William F.
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