Master

See also: master, máster, màster, Mäster, and mäster

English

Alternative forms

• master
• Massa, Mastah (slave sense only; AAVE)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Master (plural Masters)

1. Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a (now somewhat formal) form of address.
   • 1995, Barbara Hambly, Children of the Jedi, page 81:

     "I'm terribly sorry, Master Luke," apologized the droid.

2. A religious teacher, often as an honorific title.
3. The title of the head of certain colleges and schools.
4. A master's degree.
5. A person holding a master's degree, as a title.
6. The title of the eldest son of a Scots lord.

   The eldest son of Lord Forbes is known as the Master of Forbes.

7. The owner of a slave, in some literature.
8. (BDSM) Used as the title of a dominant, especially a male one.

   Coordinate terms: Mistress, Mxtress

Proper noun

Master

1. (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Father and Sage and representing a boy or a young man.

   Coordinate term: Maiden

   • 2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89

     ...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38:

     In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2009, Debbe Tompkins, Witch School: Living the Wiccan Life, page 18

     Master of the Seasons of the Year, I call upon you and ask you to be here with me in this, my ritual.

2. (banking) Mastercard
3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Chancery Master
• Master of foxhounds
• Master of the bench
• Master of the Horse
• Master of the Household
• Master of the Rolls
• MEd

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Master is the 11502^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2,735 individuals. Master is most common among White (73.16%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Stamer, ramset, metras, matres, mastre, maters, armets, armest, termas, tamers, trémas, remast, Tamers, Stream, ramets, 'maters, stream, METARs, tremas, Amster

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Moaster (Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Proto-West Germanic *maistar (“master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːsd̥ɐ/

Noun

Master m (plural Master) (East Central)

1. master
2. (sports) champion

Derived terms

• Burgermaster
• Bådemaster
• Europamaster
• Fuaßboimaster
• Hausmaster
• Konzertmaster
• Kuchlmaster
• Wödmaster

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English master. Doublet of Maestro, Magister, and Meister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːstɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Master m (strong, genitive Masters, plural Master)

1. master's degree
2. master graduate

Declension

Declension of Master [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Master	die	Master
genitive	eines	des	Masters	der	Master
dative	einem	dem	Master	den	Mastern
accusative	einen	den	Master	die	Master

Derived terms

• Masterprüfung
• Masterstudiengang

See also

• Bachelor
• Diplom

Old Frisian

Thī Māster.

Etymology

From māster (“master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːster/

Proper noun

Māster m

1. God, the Lord, the Creator

Inflection

Declension of Māster (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	Māster	—
accusative	Māster	—
genitive	Māsteres	—
dative	Māstere	—