passed mastern.
/ˌpɑːs(t) ˈmɑːstə/, /ˌpas(t) ˈmastə/, U.S. /ˌpæst ˈmæstər/ Now rare.
= past master n. Cf. to pass master at pass v. 40b.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > a master or mistress
masterc1430
mistressc1440
doctor1548
archemaster1570
graduate1582
pass-master1599
possessor1713
past master1840
past mistress1868
passed master1882
ustad1903
maestro1938
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority
masterc1225
historian?a1439
authentic1613
scientiate1647
supernaturalist1659
authority1665
connoisseur1732
pundit1816
expert1825
specialist1839
past master1840
sharp1840
professional1846
beggar1859
specializer1868
passed master1882
buff1903
man1921
sharpshooter1942
sharpie1949
watcher1966
meister1975
1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol i. vi. 96 Faucit was a passed master as a guide to the classics.
1899 Cent. Mag. Feb. 579/2 Opie was only a tyro with the brush where Velasquez was a passed master.
1914 A. L. G. Agrégé French Civilization in 19th Cent. ii. 75 They sought revenge in imperceptible ironies and courtly epigrams, in which Talleyrand was passed master.
1999 Design Week (Nexis) 16 July (Letters section) 11 Some projects represented..are by students who have yet to complete their course of undergraduate study. Is it appropriate to call these students passed masters?
2002 Res. Afr. Lit. (Nexis) 33 205 A multiplex framework..in which most Africans are passed masters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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