wagon master

noun

wagon boss.
Also wag·on·mas·ter. a person hired or chosen to lead and guide a caravan of recreational vehicles, as campers, on a trip.

Facetious. any leader, chief, commander, or the like: the wagon master of the bill now before Congress.

Origin of wagon master

First recorded in 1635–45

Have you a thousand men at your disposal, and suffer yourself to be set at defiance by a wagon-master?
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) | Hazard Stevens
George Merrick, the wagon master, furnished Ephraim a horse and hired him to ride behind and drive the loose cattle.
Precious Memories | Various
A cousin of mine's a wagon master and he ain't going ter give up easy.
The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
To-day we encountered an ox-train, the wagon-master of which had yeast-powders for sale.
Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return | William P. Seville
Well, Cutler, if somebody's gun should happen to beat yours in an argument, I should have to hunt another wagon-master.
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories | Owen Wister

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