-meister

See also: Meister and meister

English

Etymology

From meister, from German Meister (“master", "champion”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪstə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪstɚ/

Suffix

-meister

1. An expert on the specified subject.
2. A person in charge of a specified thing.
3. Attached to a person's name in humorous (or ironic) approbation.
   • The festival is something of a muso's paradise, with the Bobmeister General (you may know him as Geldof), former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman with his band The Rhythm Kings, Bernard Butler and Bert Jansch and Dublin-based electronic knob-twiddler Autamata all turning out. — "Galway Gets Festive", The Irish Times, July 9, 2004 [1]
   • But 2011 hasn’t started well for the Govemeister. [Reference to Michael Gove, then UK Secretary of State for Education] — engagedlearning.co.uk, January 15, 2011 [2]

Usage notes

• Sometimes used to point up a German association.

Derived terms

• See Category:English terms suffixed with -meister

References

• “-meister”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• meriest, metiers, métiers, reemits, retimes, tremies, triseme