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▪ I. ‖ maestro|maˈɛstro, ˈmaɪstrəʊ|
Pl. maestri, maestros.
[It. = ‘master’.]
a. A master in music; a great musical composer, teacher, or conductor.
1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian vii, He might be a ghost, by his silence, for aught I know, Maestro. 1845E. Holmes Mozart 79 The archduke and his bride..inclined their heads from their box and applauded the maestro. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. 22, I went to the Maestro's house and sat for two hours listening to the singing. 1891Speaker 2 May 528/1 The performance of some musical maestro on an instrument that almost seems part of himself. 1947Penguin Music Mag. IV. 44 The maestros on the rostrum. 1952J. K. Sherman (title) Music and maestros.
b. transf. A master or leader in any art, profession, etc.
1938M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xv. 238 The old maestro allows beautiful suspect to slip through nicotine-stained fingers. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang § 629 Coach; trainer; manager..maestro. 1945R. Chandler in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 51/3 There is no reason to expect from the anonymous toilers of the screen a quality which we are very obviously not getting from..the sulky maestri of the little magazines. 1945S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xix. 114 Reverence for jazz and familiarity with such contemporary maestri as Benny Goodman and Pee-wee Russell. 1952Phillips & Reese Bridge with Mr. Playbetter xxix. 123 ‘Perhaps, if you lead a low Diamond originally,’ answered the maestro. 1953Proc. Geologists' Assoc. LXIV. 139 That maestro of Highland tectonics, Sir Edward Bailey. 1958Listener 2 Oct. 537/3 The ‘Ted Ray Show’ came back with the maestro in full hilarity. 1960V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading xix. 193 We beseech you, be calm, maestro. If something was not just right, it was the result of an oversight. 1964L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence 64, I deman' an explanation why my bottle is being impounded... Ah, the maestro needed a shot in the arm too! 1971Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 26/1 Anyone willing to part with a work of the maestro is asked to contact the Society.
Senses a–b in Dict. become b–c. Delete quot. 1797 from sense a. Add: a. With capital initial. A title used to denote or address one who is a master of or who has achieved eminence in a skill or profession, esp. a musician.
1607Sir H. Wotton Let. 13 Sept. (1907) I. 399 A very true picture..of Maestro Paulo the Servite. 1797A. Radcliffe Italian p. vii, He might be a ghost, by his silence, for aught I know, Maestro. 1875H. James Roderick Hudson in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 307/2 The marriage was most unhappy, and the Maestro Grandoni was suspected of using the fiddle-bow as an instrument of conjugal correction. 1991Piano Q. Fall 24/2 Maestro, the tone is already better than at the beginning.
▪ II. maestro
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