drillmaster

• With the guttural snarl of an enraged drillmaster, he staggers stiff-legged across his turf. —  NewWest.Net All Headlines
• The head-erect, chest-out, fingers-down-the-seam-of-your trousers position of the drillmaster is little better than a pose intended chiefly for ornament, and has to be abandoned the moment that any attempt at movement or action is begun So complete is this unconscious muscular relaxation, that it is noticeable not only in the standing and sitting position, but also when lying down. —  Preventable Diseases
• Another calls Grant a great drillmaster, exhibiting him as the teacher of his own generals. —  The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict
• My father is powerful in this place; we shall barely have time to escape Alvan's resolution was taken Some friend--a lady living in the city here--name her, quick!--one you can trust,' he said, and fondled her hastily, much as a gentle kind of drillmaster straightens a fair pupil's shoulders. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
• Balmaceda, the Congress was able to raise and organize a much stronger fighting force under a Prussian drillmaster. —  Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors

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