Definition of "wagon-master" [wagon-master]

• A person who has charge of one or more wagons; especially, an officer in charge of wagons in a military train. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Project for the New American Breakdown is headed for the political land-fill scuttled by its luckless wagon-master corporate-George."
• "Before the tribe has a chance to enact their own punishment on the two white men and very likely the rest of the wagon train the wagon-master has the two men tied to a wagon wheel and mercilessly whips the snot out of them in front of the Indians."
• ""What do I owe you?" the wagon-master asks peevishly."