master : Idioms & Phrases

• an officer who assays or tests gold or silver coin or bullion.

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Bag"gage mas`ter

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1. One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. U.S.

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• noun a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
  

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• (Zoöl.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea; called also surucucu.

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• a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra.

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• noun a chess player of great skill
  

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• noun a professional teacher of dancing
  dance master.
  

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• a teacher of dancing.

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• noun a professional teacher of dancing
  dance master.
  

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• noun a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
  drill instructor.
  

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• noun United States poet (1869-1950)
  Masters.
  

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• (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks.

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• (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.

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• noun the teacher in charge of games at a school
  games-mistress.
  

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• a master or employer of a gang of workmen.

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• . (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. (c) The highest rank for a chess player, awarded by a national or international organization of chess players as a result of winning games of chess against other ranked players in chess tournaments officially sanctioned by that chess organization, such as FIDE. By extension, (Figuratively) a person with the highest level of expertise in some field. Also "grandmaster".

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• . Same as Grand master, under Grand.

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Har"bor mas`ter

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1. An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

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• . See Ice pilot (below).

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• one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. Eng.

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• noun Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)
  Confucius; Kongfuze; K'ung Futzu.
  

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• a teacher of languages.Obs.

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• certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints.

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• noun the principal bedroom in a house; usually occupied by the head of the household
  

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• noun a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert
  

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• noun an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
  master; original.
  

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• noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
  brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder.
  

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• noun (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent
  main file.
  

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• noun a master's degree in business
  Master in Business; MBA.
  

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• noun a master's degree in business
  Master in Business; MBA.
  

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• an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court.

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• noun a master's degree in questions of public concern
  

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• (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.

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• noun key that secures entrance everywhere
  master; passe-partout; passkey.
  

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• a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties.

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• (Mining), the principal vein of ore.

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• an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.

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• noun a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture
  MArch.
  

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• noun a master's degree in arts and sciences
  Artium Magister; AM; MA.
  

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• one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.

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• noun a master's degree in library science
  MALS.
  

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• noun a master's degree in teaching
  MAT.
  

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• noun a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
  host; emcee.
  

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• noun a master's degree in religion
  MDiv.
  

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• noun a master's degree in education
  MEd.
  

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• noun a master's degree in fine arts
  MFA.
  

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• noun an advanced law degree
  LLM.
  

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• noun a master's degree in library science
  MLS.
  

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• noun a master's degree in literature
  MLitt.
  

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• noun a master's degree in science
  MSc; SM; MS.
  

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• noun a master's degree in engineering
  

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• the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.

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• . Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.

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• in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. Bouvier. Wharton.

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• noun a master's degree in theology
  ThM.
  

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• noun a long-term outline of a project or government function
  
  • the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development

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• noun a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others
  Herrenvolk.
  

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• noun a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines
  

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• (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated.

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• . See Mastersinger.

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• a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy.

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• (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die.

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• . (a) The touch or skill of a master . Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. "Some master touches of this admirable piece." Tatler.

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• the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece.

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• a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer.

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• noun an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree
  

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• noun the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship
  

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Mint"-mas`ter noun

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1. The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.

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• (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. Eng.

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• noun a great European painter prior to 19th century
  

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• noun someone who was formerly a master
  
• noun someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
  

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• one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.

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• an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel.

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• noun member of the stage crew in charge of properties
  propman; property man.
  

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• . Same as Puppetman.

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• noun the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game
  quizmaster.
  

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• noun coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
  Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake master; button snakeroot.
  

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• noun coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
  Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake master; button snakeroot.
  

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• (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States . (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccæfolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves . (c) A composite plant, the blazing star (Liatris squarrosa).

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• noun someone who teaches horsemanship
  

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• an instructor in horsemanship.

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• noun the ship's officer in charge of navigation
  navigator.
  

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• (U. S. Navy), formerly, a warrant officer, ranking next below a lieutenant, whose duties were to navigate the vessel; and under the direction of the executive officer, to attend to the stowage of the hold, to the cables, rigging, etc. The grade was merged in that of master in 1862.

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• noun a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army
  SMSgt.
  

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• a man who teaches vocal music.

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• one who has charge of a station, esp. of a railway station.

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• distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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• to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion.

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• to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody.

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• one who is authorized to sell any property by vendue; an auctioneer. Obsoles.

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• an officer or person in charge of one or more wagons, especially of those used for transporting freight, as the supplies of an army, and the like.

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Wreck"-mas`ter noun

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1. A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck.

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• one who teaches the art of penmanship.

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