Master

See also: master, máster, and Mäster

English

Alternative forms

• Massa
• Mastah
• master

Noun

Master (plural Masters)

1. Prefix to a boy's name or surname.
   • 1995, Barbara Hambly, Children of the Jedi, page 81

     "I'm terribly sorry, Master Luke," apologized the droid.

2. A religious teacher, often as an honorific title.
3. The title of the head of certain colleges and schools.
4. A master's degree.
5. A person holding a master's degree, as a title.
6. The title of the eldest son of a Scots lord [e.g. the eldest son of Lord Forbes is known as the Master of Forbes]
7. The owner of a slave, in some literature.

Proper noun

Master

1. (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Father and Sage and representing a boy or a young man
   • 2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89

     ...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38

     In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2009, Debbe Tompkins, Witch School: Living the Wiccan Life, page 18

     Master of the Seasons of the Year, I call upon you and ask you to be here with me in this, my ritual.

Antonyms

• (Wicca): Maiden

Derived terms

• Master of the Rolls
• Master of the Household
• Master of the Horse
• Master of the bench
• Master of foxhounds
• Chancery Master

Anagrams

• Amster, METARs, Stream, armest, armets, mastre, maters, matres, ramets, ramset, remast, stream, tamers, tremas, trémas

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German

Etymology

From English master.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːstɐ/

Noun

Master m (genitive Masters, plural Master)

1. master's degree
2. master graduate

Declension

Declension of Master

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Master	die	Master
genitive	eines	des	Masters	der	Master
dative	einem	dem	Master	den	Mastern
accusative	einen	den	Master	die	Master

Derived terms

• Masterprüfung
• Masterstudiengang

See also

• Bachelor
• Diplom

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Old Frisian

Proper noun

Māster m

1. God, the Lord, the Creator

Declension

Declension of Māster (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	Māster	—
accusative	Māster	—
genitive	Māsteres	—
dative	Māstere	—