drillmaster
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The flamboyant “colonel,” as Forbes styled himself, struck Brown as the perfect drillmaster for the volunteer force he planned to train.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 19, 2011
Not all educators agree with O'Leary's aims or his drillmaster methods.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the precise drillmaster came to grips with the wielder of superlative power.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Stewart was an ideal superintendent in such a conception: 31 years an infantryman, an expert and exacting drillmaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
The establishment of the power of the Junkers—the autocrats of Prussianism—is credited to Frederick the Great, who was the great drillmaster who organized the Prussian army on lines of efficiency and economy.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
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