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Definition: MAGISTER |
MAGISTERNoun1. Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts. |
Date "MAGISTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Etymology: Magister \Ma*gis"ter\, noun. [Latin expression See Master.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MA | Latin | Magister Artium | Fine Arts, Education |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scholar | Bookworm, helluo librorum; bibliophile, bibliomaniac; bluestocking, bas-bleu; bigwig, learned Theban, don; Artium Baccalaureus, Artium Magister. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MAGISTER |
| English words defined with "MAGISTER": Artium Magister ♦ Cancer magister ♦ Magistral. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MAGISTER": maestro, magistrate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "MAGISTER" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (master), German (master), Latin (canon / master of a school, chief, director, expert, head, instructor, master, pilot of a ship, professor, rabbi, schoolmaster, teacher, the teacher, tutor), Romansch (teacher), Swedish (beak, schoolmaster, Sir). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Magister Maesius (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "MAGISTER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "MAGISTER" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.5% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 12.5% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "MAGISTER": Artium Magister ♦ cancer magister. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
magister | 37 |
fouga magister | 13 |
magister ludi | 4 |
magister mile | 4 |
dixit magister | 3 |
cancer magister | 3 |
guild magister | 2 |
haflinger magister | 2 |
afp magister | 2 |
magister manajemen | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "magister"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | agistermay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 36 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Didaskale poia entolh megalh en tw nomw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Magister quod est mandatum magnum in lege |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Lareow hwæt is þt mæste be-bod onþare lage. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Maistir, which is a greet maundement in the lawe? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Master which is ye chefe comaundment in the lawe? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Master, which is the great commandment in the law? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Master, which is the great commandment in the law? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Master, which is the chief rule in the law? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 36 |
| Bulgarian | Учителю, коя е голямата заповед в закона? |
| Cebuano | Miingon siya, "Magtutudlo, unsa man ang dakung sugo sa kasugoan?" |
| Chinese | 夫 子 、 律 法 上 的 誡 命 、 那 一 條 是 最 大 的 呢 。 |
| Croatian | "Uèitelju, koja ja zapovijed najveæa u Zakonu?" |
| Danish | "Mester, hvilket er det store Bud i Loven?" |
| Dutch | Meester! welk is het grote gebod in de wet? |
| Finnish | "Opettaja, mikä on suurin käsky laissa?" |
| French | Maître, quel est le plus grand commandement de la loi? |
| German | Meister, welches ist das vornehmste Gebot im Gesetz? |
| Haitian Creole | Mèt, ki kòmandman ki pi konsekan nan tout lalwa a? |
| Hungarian | Mester, melyik a nagy parancsolat a törvényben? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Bapak Guru," katanya, "perintah manakah yang paling utama di dalam hukum agama?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | "Hai Guru, hukum manakah yang besar di dalam Taurat?" |
| Italian | «Maestro, qual è il più grande comandamento della legge?». |
| Korean | ` 생 님 이 여 율 법 중 에 어 느 계 명 이 크 니 이 까 ?' |
| Latvian | Mâcîtâj, kurð lielâkais bauslis likumâ? |
| Manx Gaelic | Vainshter, cre yn ard-anney ayns y leigh? |
| Maori | E te Kaiwhakaako, ko tehea te kupu nui o te ture? |
| Modern Greek | "ιδασκαλε, ποια εντολη ειναι μεγαλη εν τω νομω; |
| Norwegian | Mester! hvilket bud er det største i loven? |
| Portuguese | Mestre, qual é o grande mandamento na lei? |
| Rumanian | ,,Knvqyqtorule, care este cea mai mare poruncq din Lege?`` |
| Russian | хЮЙФЕМШ! ЛБЛБС ОБЙ'ПМШЫБС ЪБ ПЧЕ"Ш Ч ЪБЛПОЕ? |
| Shuar | "Uuntá, ¿Túa Yus akupkamu Imiá nankaamas Enentáimtustiniait?" |
| Spanish | --Maestro, ¿cuál es el gran mandamiento de la ley? |
| Swahili | "Mwalimu, ni amri ipi iliyo kuu katika Sheria ya Mose?" |
| Swedish | "Mästare, vilket är det yppersta budet i lagen?" |
| Thai | "อาจารย์เจ้าข้า ในพระราชบัญญัตินั้น พระบัญญัติข้อใ"สำคัญที่สุ"" |
| Ukrainian | Учителю, котра заповідь найбільша в Законі? |
| Uma | "Guru, ngkai hawe'ea parenta hi rala Atura Pue', parenta to'uma to meliu kabohe-na?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "MAGISTER": magisterial, magisterially, magisterium, magisteriums, magisters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "MAGISTER" (pronounced 'Ma*gis"ter'): Abutter, Acater, Acquitter, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aflutter, Aglitter, Alabaster, Allotter, Amylobacter, Antitrochanter, Apporter, Atter, Auntter, Auster, Balter, Baxter, Beflatter, Begetter, Bemaster, Beplaster, Bescatter, Besetter, Bespatter, Bewinter, Blatter, Blotter, Boroughmaster, Boulter, Bunter, Buster, Canaster, Cauter, Cheirepter, Chitter, Chowter, Cinter, Circumcenter, Climacter, Clotter, Clyster, Coleopter, Colter, Committer, Complotter, Concertmeister, Coniroster, Coster, Crater, Cremaster, Culter, Cutter, daughter, Dentiroster, Diaster, Disembitter, Disimbitter, Dunter, Embetter, Enaunter, Encloister, Enfester, Enfetter, Enshelter, Ester, feuter, Flawter, Forgetter, Forster, Fouter, Frater, Fretter, Getter, Glyster, goiter, goitre, Goter, Grammaticaster, granddaughter, helter-skelter, Hemipter, Heteropter, hitter, Homopter, Horopter, Huxter, hymenopter, Imbitter, Imitater, Impester, Incenter, Incloister, Infilter, Instanter, Interchapter, Interpilaster, Intromitter, Iter, Jetter, jotter, Jowter, kelter, knitter, LAUGHTER, Lepidopter, Lester, loiter, Longiroster, mater, matter, Mesogaster, Micraster, Misalter, Misenter, Mismeter, Natter, Neuropter, Nitter, Nutter, Oleaster, Olivaster, Omitter, Orthocenter, Outflatter, Overflutter, Overmaster, Overpester, Oxter, Oyster, Paraunter, Pentecoster, Permitter, Pester, Pewter, Phenicopter, Philister, Phycomater, Phylacter, Physeter, Piaster, Pinaster, Pineaster, Poulter, Powter, Pressiroster, Protureter, Psalter, Pseudohalter, Quarter, Quartter, Quitter, Rapter, ratter, rebutter, Recenter, Recurviroster, Reiter, Remitter, Rhinaster, Rhipipter, roster, Santer, scienter, scoter, Scutter, Self-slaughter, semester, sinter, Sitter, Skelter, Slatter, slitter, Souter, Sowter, Spelter, Spilter, splatter, splitter, spotter, Strutter, Stylaster, submitter, supplanter, tam-o'-shanter, teeter, Tenuiroster, thereafter, thysanopter, Toscatter, totter, transmitter, Trichopter, trimester, trochanter, trotter, Twinter, Uncloister, Unfetter, Unshutter, Unsister, ureter, Verticillaster, Walter, Whetter, Xyster, Yester, Zoster. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: migrates, ragtimes, sterigma. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-m-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aigrets, gaiters, gamiest, gisarme, imagers, imarets, maestri, migrate, mirages, misrate, ragtime, seagirt, sigmate, smartie, stagier, triages. | |
-2 letters: ageism, ageist, aigret, aimers, airest, armets, armies, gaiter, gamers, gamest, gamier, gaster, grates, gratis, greats, grimes, imager, images, imaret, maigre, marges, master, maters, matres, merits, mirage, misate, miseat, mister, miters, mitres, ramets, ramies, remits, retags, sagier, samite, satire, smiter, stager, stigma, stream, striae, tamers, targes, terais, tigers, timers, triage. | |
-3 letters: aegis, agers, agism, agist, aimer, airts, amies, amirs, arise, armet, aster, astir, emirs, emits, gaits, gamer, games, gates, gears, germs, getas, girts, grams, grate, great, grime, grist, grits, image, irate, items, mages, mairs, maist, mares, marge, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, meats, merit, metis, mires, miser, miter, mites, mitre, rages, ragis, raise, ramet, ramie, rates, reams, regma, remit, retag, retia, rimes, rites, sager, sarge, satem, serai, sigma, simar, sitar, smart, smear, smite, stage, staig, stair, stare, steam, stime, stria, tamer, tames, tamis, tares, targe, tarsi, teams, tears, terai, terga, terms, tiers, tiger, timer, times, tires, tragi, trams, tries, trigs, trims. | |
-4 letters: ager, ages, aims, airs, airt, aits, amie, amir, amis, ares, arms, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, egis, emir, emit, eras, ergs, erst, etas, gaes, gait, game, gams, gars, gast, gate, gats, gear, gems, germ, gest, geta, gets, gies, girt, gist, gits, gram, grat, grim, grit, ires, item, maes, mage, magi, mags, mair, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats, meat, megs, mesa, meta, migs, mire, mirs, mise, mist, mite, rage, ragi, rags, rami, rams, rase, rate, rats, ream, regs, reis, rems, rest, rets, rias, rigs, rime, rims, rise, rite, sage, same, sari, sate, sati, seam, sear, seat, semi, sera, seta, sima, sire, site, smit, stag, star, stem, stir, tags, tame, tams, tare, tars, team, tear, teas, tegs, term, tier, ties, time, tire, tram, trig, trim, tsar. | |
-5 letters: age, aim, air, ais, ait, ami, are, arm, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, ems, era, erg, ers, eta, gae, gam, gar, gas, gat, gem, get, gie, git, ire, ism, its, mae, mag, mar, mas, mat, meg, met, mig, mir, mis, rag, ram, ras, rat, reg, rei, rem, res, ret, ria, rig, rim, sae, sag, sat, sea, seg, sei, ser, set, sim, sir, sit, sri, tae, tag, tam, tar, tas, tea, teg, tie, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-m-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: emigrants, emigrates, magisters, mastering, sterigmas, streaming. | |
+2 letters: centigrams, germinates, hermitages, immigrates, magistrate, margarites, marginates, marketings, misgrafted, morganites, nightmares, restamping, ringmaster, smaragdite, smartening, smattering, stammering, steamering, sterigmata, streamings. | |
+3 letters: abridgments, afterimages, charmingest, dogmatizers, emigrations, ergotamines, gangsterism, garnishment, gravimeters, impregnants, impregnates, magisterial, magisterium, magistrates, magnetizers, marguerites, martingales, misaltering, miscreating, misrelating, mistreating, prestamping, quagmiriest, regimentals, remastering, ringmasters, smaragdites, smatterings, trigeminals. | |
+4 letters: abridgements, arraignments, arteriograms, centimorgans, disagreement, dramaturgies, drumbeatings, earthmovings, ferrimagnets, fragmentizes, gangsterisms, garnishments, gastrocnemii, gastronomies, germinations, gradiometers, gravimetries, heterogamies, impregnators, lamplighters, legitimators, magisteriums, magistracies, magistrature, margraviates, mastersinger, menstruating, metallurgies, metallurgist, microgametes, mineralogist, realignments, reassignment, reestimating, remigrations, steamrolling, stigmasterol, streamlining, tomographies, transmigrate. | |
+5 letters: administering, aggrievements, commiserating, counterimages, demagnetizers, demonstrating, dermatologies, dermatologist, disagreements, disparagement, emarginations, epigrammatism, epigrammatist, gastrectomies, gastrocnemius, geometricians, hellgrammites, histaminergic, impersonating, impregnations, magisterially, magistratures, mainstreaming, marginalities, martyrologies, masterminding, mastersingers, materialising, metallurgists, metalworkings, metrorrhagias, mineralogists, mousetrapping, mythographies, overmastering, paramagnetism, premarketings, primatologies, reassignments, remonstrating, restimulating, slipstreaming, somersaulting, spermatogenic, spermatogonia, stigmasterols, thaumaturgies, thermostating, tragicomedies, transmigrated, transmigrates, vegetarianism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 47 49 53 54 45 52 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- --. .. ... - . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01000111 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A G I S T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 0047 0049 0053 0054 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4735414353543952 |
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