master

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English

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɑːs.tə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(r)
• (US) IPA: /ˈmæs.tɚ/

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Etymology 1

Old English mæġester, from Latin magister (“chief, teacher”). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre also from Latin magister.

Alternative forms

• mastre (obsolete)

Noun

master (plural masters)

1. Someone who has control over something or someone.
2. Owner of an animal or slave.

   A good master should take good care of his pets.

3. (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
4. Someone who employs others.
5. An expert at something.

   Mark Twain was a master of fiction.

6. A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
7. (dated) A schoolmaster.
8. A skilled artist.
9. (dated) A courtesy title of a man or a boy; mister. See Master.
10. A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.

    She has a master in psychology.

11. A person holding such a degree.

    He is a master of marine biology.

12. The original of a document or of a recording.

    The band couldn't find the master, so they re-recorded their tracks.

13. (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
14. (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....

15. (engineering) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source (e.g. master database)

Synonyms

• (master's degree): masters, master's
• (film): establishing shot, long shot
• (ship): skipper , captain
• See also Wikisaurus:skilled person

Derived terms

Look at pages starting with master.

terms derived from master

ballet master barmaster beemaster bergmaster boroughmaster brewmaster burghomaster burgomaster bushmaster chess master cockmaster concertmaster craftsmaster dockmaster drill master/drillmaster games master/games-master Grand Master/grandmaster harbor master/harbor-master/harbormaster headmaster house master/housemaster ironmaster jack of all trades, master of none jumpmaster loadmaster

lockmaster master bedroom master bricklayer master builder master card master cast master class master copy master cylinder master file master gland master key master mariner master mason Master of Arts master of ceremonies Master of Science master plan/master-plan/masterplan master race master sergeant master status master tradesman master trust master-at-arms masterdom

masterful masterhood masterless masterly mastermind masterous masterpiece Masters mastership mastersinger masterstroke masterwork mastery metal master mint-master old master past master paymaster postmaster property master puppet master/puppet-master/puppetmaster quartermaster question master/question-master/questionmaster quizmaster

rattlesnake master ringmaster roaming master saymaster schoolmaster scoutmaster sheepmaster shipmaster spymaster stationmaster taskmaster toastmaster trackmaster trainmaster undermaster watermaster webmaster weighmaster whoremaster workmaster wreck master/wreck-master/wreckmaster yardmaster

See also

• journeyman

Translations

someone who has control over something or someone

• Arabic: سيد (ar) (séyyid) m
• Bulgarian: господар (bg) (gospodar) m
• Chinese

  Mandarin: 主人 (cmn) (zhǔrén)

• Czech: pán (cs) m
• Estonian: isand (et)
• Filipino: amo (tl)
• Finnish: isäntä (fi)
• French: maître (fr) m
• German: Meister (de)
• Greek: κύριος (el) (kýrios) m, αφέντης (el) (aféntis) m
• Hungarian: mester (hu)
• Japanese: 主人 (ja) (shujin)
• Korean: 주인 (ko) (juin)

• Latin: dominus (la)
• Macedonian: господар (mk) (gróspodar) m, стопан (mk) (strópan) m
• Norwegian: mester (no) m, herre (no) m
• Persian: سَروَر (fa) (sarvar)
• Polish: władca (pl) m
• Portuguese: mestre (pt) m, amo (pt) m
• Romanian: stăpân (ro) m, proprietar (ro) m, patron (ro) m
• Russian: хозяин (ru) (xozjáin) m, господин (ru) (gospodín) m, владыка (ru) (vladýka) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: господар (sh) m

  Roman: gospodar (sh) m

• Slovene: gospodar (sl) m
• Spanish: amo (es) m
• Tagalog: amo (tl)
• Turkish: komodor (tr)

owner of an animal or slave

• Bulgarian: ага (bg) (agá) m
• Czech: pán (cs) m
• Finnish: isäntä (fi)
• Greek: κύριος (el) (kýrios) m
• Italian: padrone (it) m, padrona (it) f
• Latin: dominus (la)
• Macedonian: господар (mk) (gróspodar) m, стопан (mk) (strópan) m
• Norwegian: herre (no) m
• Persian: مَهتَر (fa) (mahtar)

• Polish: pan (pl) m, pani (pl) f
• Portuguese: dono (pt) m, proprietário (pt) m, senhor (pt) m
• Romanian: stăpân (ro) m, proprietar (ro) m
• Russian: хозяин (ru) (xozjáin) m, владелец (ru) (vladélec) m, повелитель (ru) (povelítel') m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: господар (sh) m

  Roman: gospodar (sh) m

• Slovene: gospodar (sl) m
• Spanish: amo (es) m
• Tagalog: amo (tl)
• Turkish: efendi (tr)

captain of a merchant ship

• Bulgarian: ага (bg) (agá) m
• Filipino: kapitan (tl), capitan (tl) (obsolete)
• Finnish: kapteeni (fi)
• Greek: πλοίαρχος (el) (ploíarchos) m, (colloquial) καπετάνιος (el) (kapetánios) m
• Italian: capitano (it) m
• Latin: dominus (la)

• Persian: ناخُدا (fa) (nâxoda)
• Portuguese: capitão (pt) m
• Russian: капитан (ru) (kapitán) m
• Tagalog: kapitan (tl), capitan (tl) (obsolete)
• Turkish: kaptan (tr)

someone who employs others

• Filipino: bossing (tl) (colloquial), amo (tl) (common), compatron (tl) (obsolete)
• Finnish: isäntä (fi), työnantaja (fi)
• Greek: αφεντικό (el) (afentikó) n
• Italian: boss (it) m, capo (it) m
• Latin: dominus (la) m
• Macedonian: газда (mk) (gázda) m
• Persian: کارفَرما (fa) (kârfarmâ)

• Polish: kapitan (pl) m
• Portuguese: patrão (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: газда (sh) (gazda) m
• Spanish: patrón (es) m
• Tagalog: bossing (tl) (colloquial), amo (tl) (common), compatron (tl) (obsolete)
• Turkish: usta (tr), işveren (tr)

expert at something

• Arabic: أصُولِيّ (ar) (’uSūliy) m
• Bulgarian: ага (bg) (agá) m
• Catalan: mestre (ca) m
• Chinese

  Mandarin: 技师 (cmn) (jìshī)

• Czech: mistr (cs) m
• Dutch: meester (nl) m
• Esperanto: majstro (eo)
• Filipino: pantas- (tl) (obsolete)
• Finnish: mestari (fi)
• French: maître (fr) m
• German: Meister (de) m
• Greek: δάσκαλος (el) (dáskalos) m, (colloquial) μάστορας (el) (mástoras) m, αριστοτέχνης (el) (aristotéchnis) m
• Hungarian: mester (hu)
• Italian: padrone (it) m, maestro (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: وه‌ستا (ku) (wastA)

• Latin: dominus (la)
• Luxembourgish: Meeschter (lb) m
• Macedonian: мајстор (mk) (májstor) m
• Neapolitan: masto m
• Norwegian: mester (no) m
• Persian: اُستاد (fa) (ostâd)
• Polish: mistrz (pl) m
• Portuguese: mestre (pt) m
• Romanian: stăpân (ro) m
• Russian: мастер (ru) (máster) m
• Serbo-Croatian: мајстор (sh) (majstor) m
• Slovene: mojster (sl) m
• Spanish: maestro (es) m
• Swedish: mästare (sv) c
• Tagalog: pantas- (tl) (obsolete)
• Turkish: usta (tr), üstad (tr)

tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices

• Chinese

  Mandarin: 师傅 (cmn) (shīfu)

• Czech: mistr (cs) m
• Filipino: guro (tl) (lit. teacher), maestro (tl) (obsolete)
• Finnish: mestari (fi)
• Greek: αρχιτεχνίτης (el) (architechnítis) m, (colloquial) μάστορας (el) (mástoras) m
• Italian: maestro (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: وه‌ستا (ku) (wastA)

• Latin: dominus (la), magister (la)
• Macedonian: мајстор (mk) (májstor) m

• Norwegian: mester (no) m
• Persian: اُستاد (fa) (ostâd)
• Polish: mistrz (pl) m
• Portuguese: mestre (pt) m
• Russian: мастер (ru) (máster) m
• Serbo-Croatian: мајстор (sh) (majstor) m
• Slovene: mojster (sl) m
• Spanish: maestro (es) m
• Tagalog: guro (tl) (lit. teacher), maestro (tl) (obsolete)
• Turkish: hoca (tr)

courtesy title of a man

• Finnish: herra (fi)
• German: Meister (de) m
• Greek: κύριος (el) (kýrios) m
• Italian: mastro (it) m
• Latin: dominus (la)

• Persian: سَروَر (fa) (sarvar), آقا (fa) (āĝā)
• Polish: (usually capitalized) pan (pl) m
• Portuguese: senhor (pt) m
• Romanian: maestru (ro) m
• Spanish: maese (es) m, amo (es) m, señor (es) m

courtesy title for a boy

• Chinese

  Mandarin: 小爺 (cmn), 小爷 (cmn) (xiǎoyé), 少爺 (cmn), 少爷 (cmn) (shàoyé, shàoye)

• Finnish: nuoriherra (fi)
• Japanese: おぼっちゃま (ja) (obotchama)
• Latin: dominulus (la) m
• Persian: آقاپسَر (fa) (âghâpesar)

• Polish: panicz (pl) m
• Portuguese: senhorzinho (pt) m
• Romanian: jupân (ro) m
• Russian: мастер (ru) (máster) m (in translations), барич (ru) (bárič) m (obsolete), барчук (ru) (barčúk) m (obsolete)
• Spanish: joven amo (es) m, señorito (es) m

original of a document or of a recording

• Finnish: alkuperäisversio (fi), master-versio (fi), master-kopio (fi)
• Greek: πρωτότυπο (el) (protótypo) n
• Italian: master (it) m
• Latin: dominus (la) m
• Norwegian: original (no) m, masterkopi (no) m
• Persian: اصلی (fa) (asli)

• Polish: kopia-matka (pl) f
• Portuguese: máster (pt) m
• Romanian: original (ro) n
• Russian: оригинал (ru) (originál) m
• Spanish: maestro (es) m

engineering: device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source

• Japanese: マスター (ja) (masutā)
• Russian: ведущий (ru) (vedúščij) m, ведущее устройство (ru) (vedúščeje ustrójstvo) n

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• Latin: dominus (la) m

• Turkish: ağa (tr)

Adjective

master (not comparable)

1. Masterful.
2. Main, principal or predominant.
3. Highly skilled.

   master batsman

4. Original.

   master copy

Translations

main, principal or predominant

• Finnish: pää- (fi)
• Greek: κύριος (el) (kýrios) m, κεντρικός (el) (kentrikós) m
• Italian: maestro (it) m

• Macedonian: господарски (mk) (gospódarski) m
• Norwegian: hoved- (no)

highly skilled

• Finnish: -mestari (fi), -taituri (fi)
• Macedonian: мајсторски (mk) (májstorski) m

• Norwegian: mester- (no)
• Serbo-Croatian: мајсторски (sh) (majstorski) m

original

• Finnish: alkuperäinen (fi)
• Greek: αυθεντικός (el) (afthentikós) m
• Italian: mastro (it) m

• Norwegian: original- (no)
• Persian: اصل (fa) (asl)

Verb

master (third-person singular simple present masters, present participle mastering, simple past and past participle mastered)

1. To be a master.
2. (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.'

3. (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.

   It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "master"

bemaster masterable

overmaster remaster

Translations

to be a master

• Finnish: hallita (fi)
• Greek: κυριαρχώ (el) (kyriarchó)
• Macedonian: господари (mk) (gospódari) m

• Norwegian: lede (no)
• Romanian: stăpâni (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: господарити (sh) (gospodariti)

to control

• Dutch: controleren (nl)
• Finnish: hallita (fi)
• Greek: κυβερνώ (el) (kyvernó)
• Italian: padroneggiare (it)
• Macedonian: владее (mk) (vládee), управува (mk) (uprávuva), раководи (mk) (rakóvodi)

• Norwegian: styre (no)
• Romanian: stăpâni (ro), conduce (ro), controla (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich (gd)

to learn to a high degree

• Dutch: beheersen (nl)
• Finnish: hallita (fi)
• German: meistern (de)
• Greek: κατέχω (el) (katécho)

• Japanese: マスターする (ja) (masutāsuru)
• Macedonian: владее (mk) (vládee)
• Norwegian: mestre (no), beherske (no)
• Romanian: stăpâni (ro), excela (ro)

Etymology 2

mast +‎ -er

Noun

master (plural masters)

1. (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.

   a two-master

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: gold · letters · history · #589: master · latter · fellow · hardly

Anagrams

• armest, armets, mastre, maters, matres, METARs, remast, stream, tamers, tremas

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French

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Noun

master m (plural masters)

1. master's degree, master's (postgraduate degree)
2. master (golf tournament)
3. master, master copy

Anagrams

• trames, trémas

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Norwegian

Noun

master

1. Indefinite plural of mast

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• mēster
• mastere
• mēstere

Noun

māster m

1. master, leader

Declension

Declension of master (strong a-stem, masculine)

	singular	plural
nominative	māster	māsterar, māstera
accusative	māster	māsterar, māstera
genitive	māsteres	māstera
dative	māstere	māsterum, māsterem

See also

• Māster

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Swedish

Noun

master

1. indefinite plural of mast

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West Frisian

Noun

master

1. master