Meaning of master-at-arms | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A warrant officer or chief petty officer responsible for discipline aboard a naval ship.
   Navy, UK
2. A commissioned officer responsible for overseeing all fitness training in subordinate units.
   UK
3. A petty officer responsible for law enforcement, antiterrorism, force protection, and expeditionary warfare.
   Navy, US
4. An officer in a fraternal or similar organization charged with maintaining order.

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Examples

“Episode 12, The Cyclops Then he was telling us the master at arms comes along with a long cane and he draws out and he flogs the bloody backside off of the poor lad till he yells meila murder.”

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