master
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Old English mæġester, from Latin magister (“chief, teacher”). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre also from Latin magister.
Alternative forms [edit]
- mastre (obsolete)
Noun [edit]
master (plural masters)
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- Owner of an animal or slave.
- A good master should take good care of his pets.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- Someone who employs others.
- An expert at something.
- Mark Twain was a master of fiction.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (dated) A schoolmaster.
- A skilled artist.
- (dated) A courtesy title of a man or a boy; mister. See Master.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- She has a master in psychology.
- A person holding such a degree.
- He is a master of marine biology.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- The band couldn't find the master, so they re-recorded their tracks.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- The case was tried by a master, who concluded that the plaintiffs were the equitable owners of the property....
- (engineering) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source (e.g. master database)
Synonyms [edit]
- (master's degree): masters, master's
- (film): establishing shot, long shot
- (ship): skipper , captain
- See also Wikisaurus:skilled person
Derived terms [edit]
Look at pages starting with master.
terms derived from master
See also [edit]
Translations [edit]
someone who has control over something or someone
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owner of an animal or slave
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captain of a merchant ship
someone who employs others
expert at something
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tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices
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courtesy title of a man
courtesy title for a boy
original of a document or of a recording
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engineering: device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source
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Adjective [edit]
master (not comparable)
- Masterful.
- Main, principal or predominant.
- Highly skilled.
- master batsman
- Original.
- master copy
Translations [edit]
main, principal or predominant
highly skilled
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original
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Verb [edit]
master (third-person singular simple present masters, present participle mastering, simple past and past participle mastered)
- To be a master.
- (transitive) To control.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the noun "master"
Translations [edit]
to be a master
to control
to learn to a high degree
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
master (plural masters)
Statistics [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: gold · letters · history · #589: master · latter · fellow · hardly
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
master m (plural masters)
- master's degree, master's (postgraduate degree)
- master (golf tournament)
- master, master copy
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian [edit]
Noun [edit]
master
- Indefinite plural of mast
Old Frisian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
māster m
Declension [edit]
Declension of master (strong a-stem, masculine)
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | māster | māsterar, māstera |
| accusative | māster | māsterar, māstera |
| genitive | māsteres | māstera |
| dative | māstere | māsterum, māsterem |
See also [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
master
- indefinite plural of mast
West Frisian [edit]
Noun [edit]
master
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