master /mäˈstər/

1. A person (esp male) who commands or controls
2. A lord or owner
3. A leader or ruler
4. A teacher
5. An employer
6. The commander of a merchant ship
7. Formerly, the navigator or sailing master of a ship-of-war
8. A person eminently skilled in anything, esp art
9. A person who has complete knowledge of an art, science, etc
10. A workman who has set up on his own account, or is qualified to do so
11. (with cap) formerly prefixed to a name or designation as Mr is now, now only of a boy in this use
12. (usu with cap) a title of prestige or office, eg a degree conferred by universities, such as Master of Arts, etc, an official of the Supreme Court, the designation of the heir apparent to certain Scottish titles, or of his son, the head of certain university colleges, of a lodge of freemasons, etc
13. A husband (dialect)
14. An original (film, record, etc) from which copies are made
15. A master-card

1. Chief
2. Controlling
3. Predominant
4. Of a master
5. Of the rank of a master
6. Original

1. To become master of
2. To overcome
3. To gain control over
4. To acquire a thorough knowledge of
5. To become skilful in
6. To rule as master
7. To temper, to season
8. To treat with lye (tanning)
9. To make a master copy of (a sound recording)

To act the master or be a schoolmaster

masˈterate noun

The degree, title or rank of master

masˈterdom noun

1. Power of control
2. Masterfulness

masˈterful adjective

1. Exercising the authority, skill or power of a master
2. Imperious
3. Masterly (rare)

masˈterfully adverb

masˈterfulness noun

masˈterhood noun

masˈtering noun

1. The action of the verb master
2. Lye

masˈterless adjective

1. Without a master or owner
2. Ungoverned
3. Unsubdued
4. Beyond control

masˈterliness noun

masˈterly adjective

1. Like a master
2. With the skill of a master
3. Overbearing (obsolete)

With the skill of a master

masˈtership noun

1. The condition, authority, status, office, or term of office of a master
2. Rule or power
3. Superiority

masˈtery noun

1. The power or authority of a master
2. Upper hand
3. Control
4. Supreme skill or knowledge

master aircrew noun

An RAF rank equivalent to warrant officer

master-at-armsˈ noun (pl masters-at-arms)

1. In the navy, a petty officer with police duties
2. In the mercantile marine, a ship's chief police officer

master-buildˈer noun

1. A chief builder
2. A person who directs or employs others

MasˈterCard® noun

A credit card issued by a group of banks, replacing the former Access card

masˈter-card noun

The card that commands a suit or is the highest of all those remaining to be played

masˈter-class noun

1. The dominant class in a society
2. A lesson, esp in music, given to talented students by a renowned expert
3. Any performance displaying consummate skill

masˈter-clock noun

One that regulates other clocks electrically

masˈter-hand noun

1. The hand of a master
2. A person highly skilled

masˈter-joint noun (geology)

A joint of the most marked system of those by which a rock is intersected

masˈter-key noun

1. A key that opens many (different) locks, esp all the locks in a certain building
2. A clue able to guide one out of many difficulties (figurative)

masterly inactivity noun

The position or part of a neutral or a Fabian combatant, carried out with diplomatic skill, so as to preserve a predominant influence without risking anything

master-marˈiner noun

The captain of a merchant-vessel or fishing-vessel

master mason noun

A freemason who has attained the third degree

masˈtermind noun

1. A mind, or a person having a mind, of very great ability
2. The person conceiving or directing a project, esp a criminal enterprise

transitive verb

To originate, think out, and direct

master page noun

A word-processing template which automatically inserts repeated elements in each page of a document

master-passˈion noun

masˈterpiece, also masˈterwork noun

1. A piece of work worthy of a master
2. One's greatest achievement

master race noun

A group of people who believe themselves to be fitted and entitled by their superior qualities to rule the world

master sergeant noun

(in the US Army, Air Force and Marine Corps) a senior non-commissioned officer

masˈtersinger noun

A Meistersinger (qv)

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