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| master | |
| 1. n. Someone who has control over something or someone. |  |
| 2. n. The owner of an animal or slave. | |
| 3. n. (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner. | |
| 4. n. (dated) The head of a household. | |
| 5. n. Someone who employs others. | |
| 6. n. An expert at something. | |
| Mark Twain was a master of fiction. | |
| 7. n. A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices. | |
| 8. n. (dated) A schoolmaster. | |
| 9. n. A skilled artist. | |
| 10. n. (dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master. | |
| 11. n. A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree. | |
| She has a master in psychology. | |
| 12. n. A person holding such a degree. | |
| He is a master of marine biology. | |
| 13. n. The original of a document or of a recording. | |
| The band couldn't find the master, so they re-recorded their tracks. | |
| 14. n. (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later. | |
| 15. n. (legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings. | |
| The case was tried by a master, who concluded that the plaintiffs were the equitable owners of the property.... | |
| 16. n. (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source. | |
| a master wheel | |
| a master database | |
| 17. n. (freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer. | |
| 18. n. (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies. | |
| 19. adj. Masterful. | |
| 20. adj. Main, principal or predominant. | |
| 21. adj. Highly skilled. | |
| master batsman | |
| 22. adj. Original. | |
| master copy | |
| 23. v. (intransitive) To be a master. | |
| 24. v. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. | |
| 25. v. To learn to a high degree of proficiency. | |
| It took her years to master the art of needlecraft. | |
| 26. v. (transitive, obsolete) To own; to posses. | |
| 27. v. (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of. | |
| 28. v. (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree. | |
| He mastered in English at the state college. | |
| 29. n. (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts. | |
| a two-master | |
