Master (pluralMasters)
- Prepended to a boy's name orsurname as a (now somewhat formal) form of address.
1995, Barbara Hambly,Children of the Jedi, page81:"I'm terribly sorry,Master Luke," apologized the droid.
- A religious teacher, often as an honorific title.
- The title of the head of certain colleges and schools.
- Amaster's degree.
- A person holding amaster's degree, as a title.
- The title of the eldest son of a Scots lord.
The eldest son of Lord Forbes is known as theMaster of Forbes.
- The owner of aslave, in some literature.
- (BDSM)Used as the title of adominant, especially a male one.
- Coordinate terms:Mistress,Mxtress
Master
- (Wicca) One of thetriune gods of theHorned God inWicca alongside theFather andSage 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 asMaster, Father, and Sage.
2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco,God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity,page38:In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less knownMaster, 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.
- (banking)Mastercard
- Stamer,ramset,metras,matres,mastre,maters,armets,armest,termas,tamers,trémas,remast,Tamers,Stream,ramets,'maters,stream,METARs,tremas,Amster
FromMiddle High Germanmeister, fromOld High Germanmeistar, fromProto-West Germanic*maistar(“master”).
Master m (pluralMaster)(East Central)
- master
- (sports)champion
Borrowed fromEnglishmaster.Doublet ofMaestro,Magister, andMeister.
Master m (strong,genitiveMasters,pluralMaster)
- master's degree
- mastergraduate
Declension ofMaster [masculine, strong]
Thī Māster.Frommāster(“master”).
Māster m
- God, theLord, theCreator
