wordmasters

Noun

wordmaster (plural wordmasters)

1. One who is highly skilled as a speaker and/or writer.
   • My feelings are particularly strong about that piece of thinking the anti-union wordmasters have labeled “right to work” legislation.1957 May, George M[ichael] Leader, “Unions Must Be Secure”, in George Meany, editor, American Federationist, volume 64, number 5, Washington, D.C.: American Federation of Labor and Congress of...
2. One who knows a lot of words or a lot about words.
   • As the students read the assembled articles on islands, have them note unfamiliar words and transcribe the sentences in which they appear. These are to be submitted to a pre-selected team of “wordmasters,” who will look up the words in the dictionary, select the appropriate meaning for each, then...1981, Starting Points in Reading: Level C/First Book, Teacher’s Guide, Ginn and Company, →ISBN, pages 68–69