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Master

/ˈmastə/

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noun

  1. Someone who has control over something or someone.
  2. The owner of an animal or slave.
  3. The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
  4. The head of a household.
  5. Someone who employs others.
  6. An expert at something.
  7. A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
  8. A schoolmaster.
  9. A skilled artist.
  10. A man or a boy; mister. See Master.
  11. A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
  12. A person holding such a degree.
  13. The original of a document or of a recording.
  14. The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
  15. A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
  16. A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
  17. A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
  18. (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.

Synonyms: establishing shot, long shot, magistrate, master's, masters, captain, skipper

verb

  1. To be a master.
  2. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
  3. To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
  4. To own; to possess.
  5. (especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
  6. (usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.

adjective

  1. Masterful.
  2. Main, principal or predominant.
  3. Highly skilled.
  4. Original.

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Master is a 3-meaning word in English. Medium-length words often have several interesting anagrams.

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