saymaster

English

Etymology

say +‎ master

Noun

saymaster (plural saymasters)

1. (obsolete) A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
   • Ben Jonson

     great saymaster of state

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “saymaster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)