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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

master-at-arms \master-at-arms\ n. (Naut.) The senior petty officer of a ship, responsible for discipline aboard the ship. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

master-at-arms n 1: the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship