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.

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?

George Merrick, the wagon master, furnished Ephraim a horse and hired him to ride behind and drive the loose cattle.

A cousin of mine's a wagon master and he ain't going ter give up easy.

To-day we encountered an ox-train, the wagon-master of which had yeast-powders for sale.

Well, Cutler, if somebody's gun should happen to beat yours in an argument, I should have to hunt another wagon-master.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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