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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
master1
- 1 chiefly historical a man who has people working for him, especially servants or slaves.
■ dated a male head of a household.
■ the male owner of a dog, cat, etc.
- 2 a skilled practitioner of a particular art or activity.
■ a great artist, especially one belonging to the accepted canon.
■ a very strong chess player.
■ (Masters) [treated as sing.] (in some sports) a class for competitors over the usual age for the highest level of competition.
- 3 a person who has complete control of something: he was master of the situation.
- 4 a man in charge of an organization or group.
■ Brit. a male schoolteacher, especially at a public or prep school.
■ the head of a college or school.
■ the presiding officer of a livery company or Masonic lodge.
■ the captain of a merchant ship.
■ (in England and Wales) an official of the Supreme Court.
- 5 [usu. in titles] a person who holds a second or further degree: a master's degree.
- 6 a title prefixed to the name of a boy.
- 7 a machine or device directly controlling another. Compare with slave.
- 8 an original film, recording, or document from which copies can be made.
- 1 having or showing very great skill or proficiency.
■ denoting a person skilled in a particular trade and able to teach others: a master builder.
- 2 main; principal: the master bedroom.
- 1 acquire complete knowledge or skill in.
- 2 gain control of; overcome.
- 3 make a master copy of (a film or record).
masterless adjective,
mastership noun.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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'master' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "master" in the title:
"master" or "learn" English (etc.)
A good pawn never shamed his master.
a martial arts master
a master of
a master thesis
a Master's degree
A master's degree alone
A master/ followed? /studied?
After <taking/ having taken> his master's degree,he applied for a job.
Are you of master's degree
attend a Master program
Bachelor & Master degree
bachelor of science, master's degree
Bachelor or bachelor's - master or master's?
bachelor/first level degree.........master/second level degree
Capitalize Master's Thesis?
colleagues at my master's
ditto master
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
form-master
Form-teacher/master?
Gary Moore makes an ideal master of ceremony
Graduate a Master's
Graduate Student or Master's Student
graduate/post-graduate/master's/doctoral
He is in the master program of meterology at Ohio University
he wanted the gentlemen of Virginia and then the United States to master ... their bodies and emotions [pronoun reference]
I hold - have a master degree
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master
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