maestre

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Italian

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Noun

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maestre f

  1. plural of maestra

Anagrams

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin magister, magistrum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French maistre.

Noun

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maestre m (oblique plural maestres, nominative singular maestres, nominative plural maestre)

  1. master; Master; magister (honorific title)

Descendants

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  • Occitan: mèstre
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: meestre, maestre (or via Old Catalan)
  • Spanish: maestre

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish maestre, from Latin magister (leader, guide). Coromines and Pascual consider various ways that the word could have made it through:

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈestɾe/ [maˈes.t̪ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -estɾe
  • Syllabification: ma‧es‧tre

Noun

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maestre m (plural maestres)

  1. (obsolete) teacher, erudite, doctor
  2. a superior in a military order
  3. Master (of the Order of Santiago)
  4. (maritime) second person in charge of a ship, after the captain, typically managing the treasury

Derived terms

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