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Definition: Master |
MasterAdjective1. Highly skilled or proficient" "a master plumber"; "a master thief". 2. Controlling; "master race"; "master plan". Noun1. An artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters". 2. A person who has general authority over others. 3. A combatant who is able to defeat rivals. 4. Directs the work of other. 5. Presiding officer of a school. 6. An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made. 7. An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship. 8. Someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution. 9. An authority qualified to teach apprentices. 10. : key that secures entrance everywhere. Verb1. Be or become completely proficient or skilled in; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years". 2. Get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness". 3. Have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems". 4. Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "master" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Master botmaster. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you have a master, is a sign of incompetency on your part to command others, and you will do better work under the leadership of some strong-willed person. If you are a master, and command many people under you, you will excel in judgment in the fine points of life, and will hold high positions and possess much wealth. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A photographic film or plate which embodies the image of the PCB pattern, usually on a 1:1 scale. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | Measuring instrument, apparatus or system intended to define, represent physically, conserve or reproduce either the unit of measurement of a quantity, or a multiple or sub-multiple thereof, e. g. standard resistor, or a known value of a quantity, e. g. standard cell. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | A term applied to a worker who commands a self-propelled watercraft. May be licensed by U.S. Coast Guard depending on type and tonnage of craft and water navigated. Classifications are made according to type of watercraft commanded as CAPTAIN, FISHING VESSEL (fishing & hunt.); DREDGE CAPTAIN (water trans.); FERRYBOAT CAPTAIN (water trans.); MASTER, RIVERBOAT (water trans.); MASTER, SHIP (water trans.); TUGBOAT CAPTAIN (water trans.). (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | The material to be reproduced is put on a --. . . The master sheet is placed in a machine, and copies are made direct from it. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | The person having command of a ship. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Master recording
A master is the original of a visual and/or sound recording, which is then mixed and/or cut into a template from which distributable copies are made.
Master craftsman
A master is also a person who has a larger skill than most in some kind of art.
See also: master craftsman (a guild member)
Master's degree
A master is also the recipient of a graduate degree in a specified discipline from a college or university. The degree is intermediate between a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D and include the specific degrees Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Engineering.
Master unit
A master is also a mechanical or electronic unit which commands or controls another unit, so that they work in tandem or in parallel. Examples include:
- A series of train locomotives is often used in tandem to pull heavy loads, and to ascend and descend steep mountains. The first engine in the front is the master, and the other engines (often completely without a cab with controls for the engineer) are the slaves.
- Duplication is often done with several cassette tape or compact disc recorders linked together. Operating the controls on the master triggers the same commands on the slaves, so that recording is done in parallel
Slave master
A master was also another name for a slaveholder. See slavery.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Master."
| 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 |
MASTER | English | Multiple Access Shared Time Executive Routines | Computing |
| MACE | English | Master Control Executive | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MasterSynonyms: master(a) (adj), captain (n), headmaster (n), lord (n), maestro (n), master copy (n), master key (n), original (n), overlord (n), passe-partout (n), passkey (n), professional (n), schoolmaster (n), sea captain (n), skipper (n), superior (n), victor (n), control (v), dominate (v), get over (v), get the hang (v), overcome (v), subdue (v), surmount (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artist | Noun: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist. |
Director | Intendant; overseer, overlooker; supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile; moderator, monitor, taskmaster; master; leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator; caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy. |
Government | Noun: government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority; authority; master; direction. |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
Intelligibility | Understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding. |
Learning | Acquaint oneself with, master; make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with; grind, cram; get up, coach up; learn by heart, learn by rote. |
Man | Noun: man, male, he, him; manhood. (adolescence); gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband. (married man); Mr., mister; boy. (youth). |
Master | Admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD; navarch. |
Possessor | Owner; proprietor, proprietress, proprietary; impropriator, master, mistress, lord. |
Proficient | Noun: proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster, crackerjack; connoisseur; (scholar); master, master hand; prima donna, first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma. |
Subjection | Break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall, bethrall; enslave, lead captive; take into custody; (restrain); rule; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes. |
Success | Surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass; (superiority). |
Teacher | Noun: teacher, trainer, instructor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don; governor, bear leader; governess, duenna; disciplinarian. |
Title | Highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr., signor, se$or, Mein Herr, mynheer; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I was a man at that age: the master of a large plantation just south of New Orleans (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) We swears to serve the master of the precious (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) When I left you I was but a learner, now I am the master. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) I must master it as I must master my life (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) You are master of all you survey (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) | |
Lyrics | Hear us, oh infernal master. (One With Darkness; performing artist: Cher) I'm thinkin of a master plan (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT) My only master. (Wuthering heights; performing artist: Kate Bush) Y'all know I got the master flow, fast or slow (Put Ya Hands Up; performing artist: KISS) MASTER PLAN COME ON NOW (Hit Me Off; performing artist: New Edition) | |
Clever | Money is an excellent servant, but a horrible master. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Kung Fu Master (2003) Retro Puppet Master (1999) Master Samurai (1974) School Master (1973) The Master of Images (1972) | |
Song Titles | Master Blaster (Jammin') (performing artist: Stevie Wonder) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Setup for calibrating microwave navigation instruments Master unit set up across sound Calibration crew from NOAA Ship WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | View of microwave navigation instrument calibration setup Master unit set up across sound Calibration crew from NOAA Ship WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | The exquisite workmanship of master lensmakers helped illuminate our coast. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | A master fisherman taking a break on the gear of human counterpart. Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | Closeup of a master fisherman. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Figure 56. Pecoul logging sounder, invented in 1849 by Master Mariner Adolphe Pecoul of Marseille. This device was used to measure measure depths while a vessel was underway or to be used as a speed logging device. It was tested in 1850. In spite of favorable reports from numerous ship captain, it was rejected by the Ministry of the Marine and Colonies. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | A master wood carver with a beautiful rendition of a hammerhead shark. Credit: Small World. | ![]() | Master Sgt Patrick Owens. |
![]() | CAMP BUTMIR, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AFPN) -- Tech. Sgt. James Monk (left) and Master Sgt. Scott Wagers walk away from a helicopter landing pad here as a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk rises into the air behind them. Wagers and Scott are two aerial-qualified comb. | ![]() | Black and white wash painting of Canvasbacks by Frank W. Benson, a master painter and etcher, who has been called the dean of American duck etchers. The reproduction shown is a pen and ink drawing done at a later date. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Master lock" by Braden Hays Commentary: "Black and white photo of a master lock combination lock." | "Rubics Master" by Ryan Glanzer Commentary: "Joe Allen, ranked #44 in the world for rubics cubes, works on solving a puzzle in 20 seconds." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Francis Bacon | Money makes a good servant, but a bad master. |
Heraclitus | Strife is the source and the master of all things. |
Horace | Gold will be slave or master. |
| In the word of no master am I bound to believe. | |
Joseph Hall | He is great enough that is his own master. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | I have only one counsel for you -- be master. |
W. Clement Stone | Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself. |
William Shakespeare | The choice and master spirits of this age. |
| Everyone can master a grief but he that has it. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And on this head, we have caused to be made for them letters testimonial patent of the lord Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, of the lord Henry, archbishop of Dublin, of the bishops aforesaid, and of Master Pandulf as touching this security and the concessions aforesaid. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | He that is master of himself, and his own life, has a right too to the means of preserving it; so that as soon as compact enters, slavery ceases, and he so far quits his absolute power, and puts an end to the state of war, who enters into conditions with his captive. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Modern industry has converted the little workshop of the patriarchal master into the great factory of the industrial capitalist. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The thing is determined, that is (laughing affectedly) as far as I can presume to determine any thing without the concurrence of my lord and master. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He began by recognising that, however extraordinary and critical the situation was, he was completely master of it. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Their master had received his deathwound on the battlefield of Prague far away over the sea. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Master Lieutenant, pray you, by your leave, How doth the Prince, and my young son of York |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | My master observed the whole performance with great signs of curiosity and admiration |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Efforts now focus on preparing the child for the classroom, helping the child master activities of daily living, and maximizing the child's ability to communicate. (references) | |
Some may be able to master self-help skills, complete academic or vocational school, and live in supervised homes or on their own, while others may not progress to this level. (references) | ||
Difficulties in using this instrument include gaining access to the bleeding lesion for an en face approach and training endoscopists in its use. Laser therapy is difficult to master and apply. (references) | ||
Business | GIB originally owned the Pizza Hut master franchise. (references) | |
APIIT has plans to expand to the master and PhD courses over the next two to three years. (references) | ||
In the State’s master plan for industrial development, information technology (IT) is identified as a priority sector. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Mamun, the son of a local Awami League M.P., Abul Kashem Master, allegedly led the abductors. (references) |
Hong Kong | A representative of the PRC-banned Quan Yin Method promoted by the Taiwan-based Supreme Master (or Suma) Ching Hai International Association occupied a booth at the Fair. (references) | |
Taiwan | During the year, the ship's master and the chief engineer of the Greek cargo vessel M/V Amorgos were prevented from leaving the island for 8 months while the Environmental Protection Agency negotiated with the shipping company's agent on compensation for damages caused by an oil spill when the ship ran aground off the coast of southern Taiwan on January 14. They were allowed to depart the island in August. (references) | |
Economic History | Lebanon | MEW is keen to develop a Water Master Plan for Lebanon. (references) |
Philippines | Master Franchise fees vary from $100,000-$400,000, depending on the type of business. (references) | |
Korea | A Korean master franchisee can be either a large corporation or a small-sized enterprise. (references) | |
Human Rights | Armenia | On May 20, the master sergeant of a military unit in Noyemberian, Suren Levon Abrahamian, was killed on duty near the village of Voskehat. (references) |
Indigenous People | Gabon | The NGO described the children born to Pygmy families in these situations as the "property" of the master. (references) |
Panama | Since indigenous populations infrequently master Spanish and are unfamiliar with the country's legal system, they often misunderstand their rights and fail to employ legal channels when threatened. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Banking: In March 2001, the Central Bank unveiled its 10-year Financial Sector Master Plan for developing a more competitive and resilient financial system. (references) |
MALAYSIA | Insurance: The Financial Sector Master Plan also recommends phased liberalization of the insurance industry, including lifting restrictions on employment by expatriate specialists, increasing caps on foreign equity, and opening the reinsurance industry to competition. (references) | |
MALAYSIA | In February 2001, the Securities Commission released its Capital Markets Master Plan, which features liberalized foreign participation limits by 2003, at which time foreigners would be permitted to purchase a limited number of existing stockbroking licenses and take a majority stake in unit trust management. (references) | |
Trade | Taiwan | Department of Health authorities continue to require the submission of detailed plant master files (PMF) as part of the registration and approval process for new drugs. (references) |
China | EX-IM Bank currently has master credit agreements with both Bank of China and China Development Bank, but can also work with other Chinese banks, including China Construction Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of Communications. (references) | |
Vietnam | The regulation entitled Decision No. 178/1999/QD-TTg dated 30 August 1999, and amended by Decision No. 95/2000/QD-TTg dated August 15, 2000, was effective starting January 1, 2001. According to this regulation, new labels must be affixed displaying the name of the product, name and address of the manufacturer or trader liable for the product, quantity, detailed composition, master quality inspection, and manufacturing and expiration date. (references) | |
Travel | South Africa | Overseas credit cards such as American Express, Master Card, Visa, and Diners Club can be used to pay locally. (references) |
Austria | The most common are "Doktor" (a university degree similar to the U.S. doctorate), "Magister" (similar to the U.S. master of arts), and "Diplom Ingenieur" (similar to the U.S. master of science). (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mauritania | Several inheritance disputes between Haratines and the descendants of their former master were adjudicated in court in recent years. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Robert Novak | We have to take a break. And when we come back, we'll talk to the master appropriator, David Obey, about tax cuts and budget surpluses. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The slave, when made free, might mix with, without staining the blood of his master. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | While we have accomplished much, much remains for us to meet and much remains for us to master. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | My Administration also supports the completion of the Upper Mississippi River Master Plan to determine the feasibility of constructing a second lock at Alton, Illinois. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Our American heritage has always been to master change, to expand opportunity at home, and provide leadership abroad. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | There is a line in our time, and in every time, between the defenders of human liberty and those who seek to master the minds and souls of others. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Master" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.52% of the time. "Master" is used about 6,146 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) | 76.52% | 4,703 | 2,084 |
| Noun (proper) | 17.39% | 1,069 | 7,025 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.79% | 356 | 15,102 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.31% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,146 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "master" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Master | Last name | 1,000 | 13,713 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "master". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Adonijah | N/A | Biblical | The Lord is my master |
| Archippus | N/A | Biblical | A master of horses |
| Baal | N/A | Biblical | Master |
| Baal-meon | N/A | Biblical | Idol or master of the house |
| Baal-peor | N/A | Biblical | Master of the opening |
| Baal-tamar | N/A | Biblical | Master of the palm-tree |
| Beelzebub | N/A | Biblical | Master |
| Belshazzar | N/A | Biblical | Master of the treasure |
| Rabbi | N/A | Biblical | My master |
| Sarsechim | N/A | Biblical | Master of the wardrobe |
| Hannibal | N/A | History | Master |
| Hasdrubal | N/A | History | Master |
| Baltazar | N/A | Judeo-Christian Legend | Master |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Malaysia | John Master Industries Berhad | USA | Laser Master International, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "master": a post master ♦ aerodrome master plan ♦ artwork master ♦ assay master ♦ assistant harbour master ♦ assistant master ♦ baggage master ♦ ballet master ♦ barrack master ♦ be a past master in ♦ be master ♦ be master of ♦ be master of one's time ♦ be one's own master ♦ become master ♦ bee master ♦ bikeways master plan ♦ bus master ♦ Bush master ♦ careers master ♦ cesium atomic master clock ♦ Chapel master ♦ chess master ♦ chief master sergeant ♦ chief master sergeant of first airspace ♦ choir master ♦ chorus master ♦ dancing master ♦ drill master ♦ fencing master ♦ Fire master ♦ flock master ♦ Forage master ♦ game master ♦ games master ♦ Gang master ♦ gild master ♦ Grand master ♦ Great master ♦ greek master ♦ guild master ♦ Harbor master ♦ harbour master ♦ have a master degree ♦ hold master ♦ Ice master ♦ intermediate master ♦ iron master ♦ Job master ♦ jump master ♦ Language master ♦ like master ♦ like master like man ♦ master a difficulty ♦ master address file ♦ master aircrew ♦ master analysis ♦ master analysis area ♦ master and mistress ♦ master baker ♦ master bedroom ♦ master borer ♦ master builder ♦ master bushing ♦ master card ♦ master carpenter ♦ Master Chief Petty Officer ♦ master class ♦ master cock ♦ master commandant ♦ master component ♦ master computer ♦ master control unit ♦ master copy ♦ master cylinder ♦ master degree ♦ master depot ♦ master disk ♦ master drawing ♦ master drum ♦ master file ♦ master files ♦ master film ♦ master group ♦ master gunner ♦ master hand ♦ master head ♦ master in business ♦ Master in chancery ♦ master in Public Affairs ♦ master in the art of living ♦ master international frequency register ♦ master items ♦ Master joint ♦ master key ♦ Master lode ♦ Master mariner ♦ master mason ♦ master mind ♦ master mode ♦ master of Architecture. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "master": master-a, master-and-servant, master-apprentice, master-at-arms, master-baker, master-blaster, master-bowman, master-builder, master-builders, master-buyer, master-carpenter, master-class, master-classes, master-conspirators, master-copy, master-courtier, master-craftsman, master-craftsmen, master-disc, master-faker, master-general, master-in-charge, master-key, master-lacquer, master-lacquers, master-level, master-man, master-manipulators, master-manufacturer, master-manufacturers, master-mariner, master-mason, master-minded, master-minding, master-minds, master-miner, Master-peece, master-pianists, master-piece, master-pieces, master-plan, master-planner, master-plans, master-politician, master-principle, master-pupil, master-race, master-sculptor, master-sergeant, master-servant, master-skills, Master-slave, master-smith, master-spy, master-strategist, master-stroke, master-strokes, master-sweep, Master-table, master-tailor, master-tanner, master-tape, master-to-man, master-trope, master-wax, master-work. | |
Ending with "master": garden-master, school-master, station-master, writing-master. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ticket master | 8,086 | citibank master card | 303 |
master card | 4,523 | puppet master | 293 |
master p | 2,420 | ghost master | 283 |
web master | 2,309 | lift master | 277 |
master | 1,843 | lebenslange master provision.com web | 265 |
master degree online | 863 | thigh master | 263 |
bass master | 811 | master cleanse | 262 |
master degree | 771 | cherry master | 260 |
master cleanser | 718 | channel master | 243 |
chase master card | 701 | typing master | 234 |
chess master | 629 | bank of montreal master card | 227 |
master of orion 3 | 577 | master golf | 224 |
master lock | 537 | flow master | 222 |
master of the universe | 497 | visa master card | 222 |
master of orion | 497 | master ticket | 218 |
web master resource | 463 | card emerge master | 211 |
web master tool | 456 | camedia master | 211 |
pageant of the master | 456 | service master | 209 |
sears master card | 399 | blaster master | 203 |
capital one master card | 325 | master and commander | 199 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "master"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | baas (boss, chief, leader). (various references) | |
Albanian | mjeshtër (artificer, artisan, artist, dab, jack of all trades, mechanic, nailer, nark, old hand, overseer, workman), zotëroj (command, dominate, have, hold, manage, own, possess, wield), zot (creator, Dan, demiurge, divinity, Don, God, godhead, heaven, Lord, manager, Monsieur, mynheer, overlord, Sahib), usta (dab, journeyman), udhëzues (director, directory, guiding, instructive, instructor, leader, manager, manual, runner, supervisor), shtie në dorë (get into, lay one's hands on, nail down, secure, seize on), pronar (boss, holder, landlord, manager, owner, proprietary, proprietor), padron, njoh me themel, nënshtroj (enslave, reduce, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit, subordinate, vanquish), kontrolloj (check, control, examine, go through, guard, inspect, look over, make certain, perambulate, peruse, probe, ransack, review, revise, search, superintend, supervise, take charge of, take stock, verify, watch), kapiten anijeje. (various references) | |
Arabic | سيد (liege, mister, mr., sir), رئيس مؤسسة, رئيسي (arch, arterial, broad, cardinal, central, chief, foremost, fundamental, head on, key-, leading, main, major, masterful, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sovereign, staple), رب العمل (patron), ربان (boatswain, captain, navigator, pilot, rabbi, skipper), روض (break, break in, domesticate, gentle, manage, school, tame, thaw, train), السيد (gentleman, lord, seiner), الحاكم (governor, prefect, ruler), المتغلب, المنتصر (victor), برع في, خط رئيسي, استاذ (teacher), سيطر (boss, command, control, dominate, govern, grip, keep, overcome, overpower, possess, predominate, reign, repress, rule, sew up, take control, wield), تخصص (expertise, specialization, specialty), تغلب (beat, conquer, cope, crumple, get over, get past, get the better of, knock down, negotiate, outdo, overbear, overcome, predomination, pull through, quench, ride, vanquish, whack, worst), ولي الأمر (superior), مدرس (beak, pedagogue, regent, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, tutor), ماجستير, كبح (arrest, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hamper, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, keep down, keep under control, leash, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, subdue, suppress, suppression, tame, withhold), فنان (artist, maestro, performer, songster), رب (lord, owner), خبير (experienced, expert, old, old hand, practiced, proficient, pundit, skilled). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | овладявам (dominate, govern, invade, obsess, overcome, overmaster, overpower, permeate, possess, pull together), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lace, lick, mop up, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst, zap), повелител (overlord, sovereign), преодолявам (bear down, break through, fight, get over, hurdle, live down, negotiate, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, override, overrule, pass over, prevail, ride out, surmount, vanquish, win through), експерт (adept, consultant, expert, judge, proficient, sharp), еталонен, еталонен калибър, занаятчия (artificer, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, tradesman, workman), маестро (maestro), майстор (artificer, artisan, artist, craftsman, dab, foreman, hand, swell, workman), магистър, изучавам (educate, examine, explore, probe, read, read up, study), образцов (classic, classical, exemplary, ideal, model, pattern, show, standard), усвоявам (acquire, adopt, assimilate, catch up, digest, naturalize, take up), водещ (anchorman, fetid, leading), глава на семейство (breadwinner, house-father, householder, paterfamilias, provider), главен (arterial, capital, chief, decuman, general, grand, head, high, leading, magistral, main, major, pivotal, premier, primary, prime, principal, stellar), господин (baboo, gent, gentleman, mr.), господар (arbiter, boss, governor, padrone, prince, proprietor, ruler, sircar), капитан на търговски кораб (master mariner), контролен (check, control, inspectoral, inspectorial, pilot, supervisory), работодател (employer, gaffer, padrone), собственик (holder, operator, owner, possessor, propraetor, proprietor), укротявам (break in, calm down, cow, manage, mollify, pacify, settle, subdue, tame, twit), учител (dominie, educator, guru, instructor, pedagogue, preceptor, schoolman, schoolmaster, teacher), надделявам над (outweigh, overbear). (various references) | |
Chinese | 霸 (feudal chief, hegemon, lord, rhenium, rule by force, tyrant, usurp), 萬事達 , 大師 (great master), 大师 (Masters), 主人翁 , 主人 (host), 主 (lord, primary, to host, to own), 師傅 (a qualified worker), 師 (a division, expert, model, teacher). (various references) | |
Czech | mistr (champion, foreman), magistr (druggist), zvládnout (manage), znalec (adept, cognoscente, connoisseur, expert, judge), uèitel (dominie, mentor, preceptor, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher), rektor (rector), přemoci (conquer, defeat, fight down, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, reduce, stifle, surmount, swallow, vanquish), pán (gent, gentleman, Lord, Mister, overlord, sirrah), kapitán (captain, skipper). (various references) | |
Danish | mester, master, målestandard (measurement standard, standard), målenorm (measurement standard, standard), standardform (measurement standard, standard), skibsfoerer (ship's captain), skibsfører (skipper), original (copy, original), kopiskabelon (master copy, master plate, template), kaptajn (captain). (various references) | |
Dutch | meester worden, licentiaat (bachelor), baas (boss, chief, leader, superior). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mastro (boss), majstro (maestro), magistro, ellerni. (various references) | |
Faeroese | meistari (adept, maestro), vertur (boss), húsbóndi (boss). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیر (Ancient, Doddering, Gray, Old, Oldster, Preceptor), مرشد (Mentor, Preceptor), مدیر (Director, Helmsman, Manager, Padrone), چیره دست (Adroit, Dexterous, Dextrous), کارفرما (Employer, Taskmaster), تسلطیافتن بر, خوب یادگرفتن , استادشدن , استاد (Adept, Professor), ارباب (Boss, Esquire, Lord, Overlord, Padrone, Squire), رام کردن (Bridle, Daunt, Gentle, Subdue), رءیس (Administer, Arch, Chairman, Chief, Dean, Director, Head, Header, Headman, Headmaster, Premier(Re), President, Principal, Provost, Regent, Ruler, Sheikh, Warden), دانشور (Scholar). (various references) | |
Finnish | isäntä (boss, employer, farmer, head of the house, host, landlord), mestari (adept, champion, expert, maestro), kapteeni (captain). (various references) | |
French | patron, maître (maestro), commandant (joint mandator, major), capitaine. (various references) | |
Frisian | master (boss, chief, leader). (various references) | |
German | Meister (adept, boss, Buster, champion, chief, foreman, Lord, Mac, maestro, masters, showman), Master (master of foxhounds, master of hounds), Kapitän (captain, master mariner, skip, skipper), Herr (arbiter, boss, chief, gent, gentleman, leader, Lord, mister, mr, mr., ruler, signor, Sir), gebieter (arbiter, commander, lord), Druckvorlage (camera-ready copy, lithogrph, manuscript, setting copy), beherrschen (control, curb, dominate, govern, guard, monopolize, possess, restrain, rule, to control). (various references) | |
Greek | πρότυπο (archetype, exemplar, model, norm, pattern, standard), δεξιοτέχνης (skilful), διδάσκαλοσ (dominie, instructor, pedagogue, preceptor, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher), διαφεντεύω, αφέντης (lord), αυθέντησ (seignior), άρχοντασ (grandee, liege, Lord, magistrate, magnate, sire, squire, suzerain), επιτελής, εμποροπλοίαρχος (ship's captain), εργοδηγός (foreman), δάσκαλοσ (schoolmaster, teacher), πρωτότυπο (blueprint, original, prototype, script, top copy), κύρια οντότητα, πρότυπο μέτρησης (measurement standard, standard), πρόπλασμα (architectural model, artwork master, dummy, master drawing, mock up, model, preform, scale model), μάστερ, γίνομαι κάτοχοσ, κατέχω (have, hold, occupy, own, possess), καπετάνιος (captain), κύριος (chief, foremost, gent, gentleman, main, staple), κύριοςκυριαρχώ, κύριοσ (capital, chief, dominant, esquire, gentleman, leading, liege, main, monsignor, mr, principal, proper, seignior), υπερνικώ (conquer, get over, negotiate, surmount, vanquish). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להשתלט (boss, command, dominate, have control, overpower, overrule, seize, take control), רבון (sovereign), בעל (husband, man, owner, possessor, spouse), גביר (nabob, rich man), אב (ancestor, chief, creator, father, parent, pater, principal, progenitor, teacher), אדון (commander, mister, mr., owner, possesor, proprietor, ruler), אומן (artist, craftsman), קברניט (captain, skipper), רב (considerable, enough, goodly, great, many, minister, much, numerous, rabbi, teacher), לנהל (administer, boss, conduct, direct, keep, lead, manage, run), מומחה (adept, dab, expert, past master, specialist), להתגבר על- (make up for, overcome, surmount), להתמחות (become an expert, major, practice, specialize), לשלוט (be proficient, command, control, dominate, govern, grip, manage, predominate, rule), למשול (govern, rule), מוסמך (authentic, authorized, certificated, certified, competent, graduate, ordained, qualified), מורה (educator, instructor, mutinous, preceptor, rebel, rebellious, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, schoolteacher, teacher, tutor), מושל (governor, ruler, suzerain), שליט (emperor, governor, potentate, ruler, sovereign). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fiatalúr (young man). (various references) | |
Icelandic | verktaki (builder, building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menguasai (command, dominate, govern, take charge), ustadz (lord), ustad (lord, schoolmaster, teacher), tuan rumah (host), pemilik (owner). (various references) | |
Irish | máistir. (various references) | |
Italian | padrone (boss, chief, host, landlord, Lord, manager, owner, padrone), principale (boss, capital, chief, employer, foremost, grand, head, leading, main, major, manager, overriding, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, uppermost), master, maestro (boss, instructor, maestro, main, masterly, schoolmaster, teacher), dominare (be on top of things, command, control, control oneself, curb, dominate, govern, Lord, order, overbear, overlook, overmaster, overrule, predominate, restrain, rule, subdue, sway, walk over). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 亭主 (host, husband, innkeeper, landlord), 巨匠 (maestro, masterhand), 主人 (employer, head, host, landlord, one's husband), 主 (chief, employer, god, head, host, important, landlord, lord, lover, main, one's husband, owner, principal), 師匠 (teacher). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きょしょう (falling tone, maestro, masterhand, proof, wealthy merchant), だんな (husband), ていしゅ (bow, host, husband, innkeeper, landlord), みょうしゅ (expert, exquisite beauty or charms, virtuoso), あるじ (employer, head, host, landlord, one's husband), めいじん (expert), こくしゅ (daimyo, king, noted doctor, skilled physician, sovereign), せんせい (abjuration, ancient sage, autocracy, Confucius, despotism, doctor, headstart, oath, preempt, teacher), つかいて (consumer, employer, prodigal, spendthrift, user), ぬし (god, lover, owner), し (arbitrariness, below, calling card, city, civil service, death, decease, document, extravagance, four, luxury, magazine, next, official, offspring, one's mentor, order, poem, pride, recollect, records, relish, remember, selfishness, sequence, show a liking for, teacher, the Reverend, times, verse of poetry), くんてき (guide, teach), たつじん (expert), しゅ (actor, kind, lord, species, supporting post, tumor, variety), しゅじん (employer, head, host, landlord, one's husband), しゅくん (lord, meritorious deeds), そうしょう (contentious, dispute by legal action, general term, inheritance, symmetry, teacher, wound), ししょう (anthology, cabinetmaker, casualties, difficulty, embezzlement, hindrance, impediment, injuries and deaths, obstacle, poetry and prose, puncture wound, stab, stabbing, stimulation, teacher, thalamus, unlicensed prostitute, woodworker), マスタ , マスター (barowner, manager, proprietor), おやかた, おおだんな (head of household, man of the house, principal supporter of a temple), くん (boy, Mr, native Japanese readingof a Chinese character). (various references) | |
Korean | 주인 (host, Masters). (various references) | |
Manx | smaghtey (castigate, chasten, chastening, check, checking, control, curb, discipline, manage, repression, suppress), smaghtaghey (afflict, castigation, chasten, chastening, chastisement, check, control, correct, correct as child, discipline, govern, mortify, overmaster, restrain, subject, taming), mainshtyragh (bossy, domineering), mainshtyr (boss, guv'nor, old boy, ringmaster, skipper, taskmaster), mainshter (boss, mister), fer ynsee (male teacher, schoolteacher). (various references) | |
Norwegian | byggmester (builder, building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references) | |
Papiamen | maestro (adept, maestro), doktorandus. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astermay.(various references) | |
Polish | wyuczyć się, nauczyć się. (various references) | |
Portuguese | mestre (adept, boss, educator, gaffer, governor, instructor, maestro, nailer, teacher), amo (boss, gentleman, lord, love, Mister, Mr., sir), senhor (baboo, boss, compere, gentleman, lord, man, Mister, Mr., paramount, sir, you), principal (boss, broad, cardinal, central, chief, essential, firm in one's principles, first, flyaway, foremost, head, high, highlight, keynote, king, leading, main, major, parent, pivotal, preparative, primal, slip-on, substantial), patrão (boss, compere, employer, foreman, gentleman, lord, Mister, Mr., overlord, patron, sir), dono (boss, compere, holder, keeper, occupant, occupier, proprietor). (various references) | |
Romanian | meşter (artisan, artist, dabster, expert, skilful, skillful, tradesman), maestru (artistic, artistical, dabster, expert, maestro), învãţa (bone, drill, educate, ground, indoctrinate, instruct, inure, learn, read, school, study, teach, train), învãţãtor (pedagogue, school teacher, schoolman, schoolmaster, teacher, usher), învinge (beat, best, break through, circumvent, conquer, defeat, discomfit, dispose, drub, flog, floor, get the better of, knock, overcome, overmaster, overpower, pull through, reason down, surmount, thrash, vanquish, whip, win, win over, worst), a-şi însuşi (appropriate), administrator (administrator, bailiff, director, economist, governor, housekeeper, janitor, land agent, manager, receiver, reeve, steward, suitor, superintendent, trustee, warden), director de colegiu, îngenunchea (bend, go on one's knees, knee, kneel, subdue, subjugate), înfrânge (bear down, beat down, best, break, curb, defeat, foil, knock, overcome, overmatch, overpower, pip, stifle, vanquish, worsen, worst), birui (conquer, defeat, drub, overbear, overcome, overpower, subdue, surmount, vanquish, win), cãpitan (captain, chief, chieftain, commander, head, shipmaster), comandant (captain, commandant, commander, governor, leader), conducãtor (captain, chief, commander, commanding, conductor, directive, fugleman, governor, guide, head, leader, leading, man at the wheel, manager, principal, ruler, ruling, superintendent, superior, transmitting), conduce (accompany, administer, be in command, boss, boss the show, captain, carry on, charge, command, conduct, control, convey, direct, drive, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, husband, lead, lead the way, manage, operate, order, overrule, pilot, preside, restrain, rule, run, sail, see, see off, show, show up, steer, superintend, supervise, take, wield), şef (boss, cap, captain, chairman, chief, chieftain, foreman, governor, great gun, head, header, headman, leader, manager, president, principal, ringleader, superior), director (administrator, curator, directing, director, executive, governor, guiding, headmaster, manager, principal, rector, steering, superior, warden), subjuga (bend, captivate, conquer, enslave, overmaster, subdue, subject, subjugate, yoke), doctor (adept, d., doctor, leech, physician, pill, pillbox, surgeon), domn (Don, gentleman, king, Lord, owner, prince, Sir), domnul (gentleman, lord, Mister, Mr.), dumnezeu (God, Lord), licenţiat (bachelor, graduate, licentiate), patron (boss, employer, owner, patron, patron saint, paymaster, protector), profesor (academic, pedagogue, pedant, Professor, schoolman, schoolmaster, teacher), proprietar (holder, landlord, Lord, owner, proprietor), se face stãpân pe, stãpân (employer, husband, king, Lord, owner, proprietor, sovereign), stãpânitor (dominator, owner, ruler, ruling, swayer), deprinde (accustom, adopt, habituate, inure, learn, play in, season into). (various references) | |
Russian | усвоить (adopt), управлять (administer, administrate, be in control, be in control of, boss, command, conduct, control, govern, have control over, helm, husband, manage, managed, managing, mastermind, move, navigate, navigating, operate, rein, run, run the show, sail, steer, superintend, take control of), справиться (floor, manage with, pull through), специалист (expert personnel, outside expert, past master, specialist, technician), руководить (conduct, fugle, guide, lead, manage, rule, run, run by), хозяин (boss, host, landlord, proprietor, shipmaster), капитан торгового судна (master mariner), владелец (abutter, holder, keeper, owner, possessor, proprietor, wearer), овладевать мастер;эталон основной, одолеть (floor, whop), мастер (artisan, cobbler, craftsman, craftsmen, foreman, monumental mason, nailer, overseer, steamfitter), подчинить себе. (various references) | |
Scottish | maighstir (Mr., title applied to clergymen of), maighistir, maighstir. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | majstorski (crack-a-jack, magisterial, magistral, masterly), majstor (artificer, artisan, maestro, repairer, repairman), magistar, maestro (maestro), savladati (cope, defeat, fight down, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, scale, surmount, vanquish), potčiniti (bend, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit), osvojiti (capture, conquer, overrun, seize, take, win), original (original), nastavnik (academic, educator, instructor, school teacher, teacher), gospodar (dynast, liege, lord, overman, sahib, sovereign). (various references) | |
Spanish | patrón (boss, captain, chief, employer, governor, guv, host, landlord, leader, model, patron, pattern, shipmaster, skipper, standard, stock), maestro (crack, Dean, do all, expert, instructor, lecturer, maestro, main, masterful, masterly, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher). (various references) | |
Sranan | masra (boss, chief, gentleman, husband, leader, lord). (various references) | |
Swahili | bwana (boss, gentleman, lord, Mr., sir). (various references) | |
Swedish | mästare (boss, champ, champion, meister, past master, wizard), patron (cartridge, cartridge to a gun, shell, squire), kapten (captain, flight lieutenant, skipper), husbonde, bemästra (get the better of). (various references) | |
Turkish | master derecesi (m.a., master's degree), esas (authentic, basal, base, basic, basis, beginnings, broad, central, constitutive, corner stone, element, elemental, essence, extract, footing, fortification, foundation, fundamental, guiding, heartbeat, intrinsic, main, nub, parent, pith, pith and marrow, pivotal, postulate, principal, principle, quiddity, radical, staple, substance, sum, the merits, the nub, ultimate, underlying), öğretmen (beak, dominie, indoctrinator, instructor, instructress, mistress, preceptor, preceptress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, schoolteacher, teacher), üstâd (adept, expert, maestro, the master), ağa (Agha, landowner), akıl hocası (adviser, mentor), ana (basic, broad, capital, Cardinal, chief, fundamental, governing, grand, guiding, head, key, leading, main, main part, major, matron, mother, parent, predominant, primary, principal, principle, staple), asıl (actual, authentic, Cardinal, central, elementary, extraction, foundation, fountain-head, gist, groundwork, in chief, intrinsic, main, origin, original, origination, pivotal, principal, principally, provenance, real, root stock, true, virtual), öğrenmek (ascertain, come to know, elicit, get to know, get wise to, hear, imbibe, inform oneself of smth., learn, make acquainted with, make oneself acquainted with, school oneself to, study, wise up to, wit), efendi (arbiter, baas, baboo, blushing, guv, guvnor, husband, Lord, seigneur, Sir, well mannered, well-behaved), yenmek (annihilate, bear down, bear the bell, beat, beat all hollow, best, break, carry away the bell, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, confound, conquer, cut out, defeat, discomfit, down, floor, get the better of, give a beating, knock out, land, lick, outbox, outclass, outdo, outgo, overpower, pip, prevail, skunk, slam, smash, subjugate, surmount, swamp, thrash, trim, triumph, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wear down, whelm, whip, whop, win over, wipe the floor with smb., worst), hakim olmak (become a judge, command, control, dominate, have a command of, hold sway over, possess, predominate, rule over), hoca (hodja, preceptor, prelector, Swami, teacher), kalıp (bar, cake, cast, dies, form, formwork, matrix, model, Mold, mould, Pat, pattern, print, shape, stamp, stencil, tablet, template, templet, timber), kaptan (captain, old man, shipmaster, skip, skipper, the old man), sahip (endowed with, holder, Lord, owner, possessor, proprietor), usta (adept, adroit, artist, connoisseur, constructor, craftsman, dab, dabster, deft, dexterous, experienced, expert, facile, hand, ingenious, intelligent, journeyman, old hand, proficient, shark, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, subtile, versed, whizz, wise, workman, Wright), baş (arch, arch-, beginning, beginnings, bow, capital, central, chief, coconut, costard, especial, first, foremost, general, governing, grand, head, heading, in chief, initial, knob, leader, nob, noddle, off, outset, potato, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sconce, top). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ussa (craftsman), senetзilik, senetзi (skilled person), яasaяjy (craftsman), hojaяy, halypa (teacher). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | учитель (beak, instructor, rabbi, rabbin, teacher), справлятися, контрольний (auditorial, check), господар (employer, entertainer, host, proprietor), головний (arch-, basal, basic, broad, capital, captain, cephalic, chief, governing, grand, head, leading, overriding, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, star), основний (basal, base, basic, basilar, capital, central, chief, first, foremost, fundamental, key, main, organic, primary, primitive, principal, quintessence, radical, staple, substantial, ultimate, underlying), оволодівати (acquire, engross, overwhelm), магістр, майстер (artiste, craftsman, deacon, foreman, nailer, overman, overseer, stunner, workman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thành thạo (expert, professionally, proficient, thoroughpaced, versed), tài giỏi (clever, masterly, proficient), người tinh thông người làm chủ, người thành thạo (connoisseur), người kiềm chế thợ cả đấu trường, người học rộng tài cao, người đứng đầu (head), làm chủ, chủ (employer, proprietor), bậc thầy (magistrally, past master), đứng đầu bậc thầy. (various references) | |
Welsh | meistroli, meistr (boss), athro (instructor, professor, teacher). (various references) | |
Zulu | umakhonya (boss, chief, leader). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | tyrannos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | domantur, domare, domat, domate, domatis, domine, domini, dominis, domino, dominorum, dominos, dominum, dominus, dominus domno, domita, domo, domui, ericus, eris, erisque, ero, eroque, erus, magister, magistri, magistris, magistro, magistrorum, magistros, magistrum, rabbi, rabboni, rector, tene, teneamus, teneant, teneat, teneatur, tenebam, tenebant, tenebantur, tenebas, tenebat, tenebatque, tenebatur, teneberis, tenebis, tenebit, tenebitur, tenebo, tenebunt, tenendam, tenens, tenensque, tenent, tenente, tenentem, tenentes, tenentium, tenentur, tenere, tenerem, tenerent, teneret, teneri, tenes, tenet, tenete, tenetis, tenetur, tenuerint, tenueris, tenuerit, tenuerunt, tenui, tenuisse, tenuisti, tenuit, tyrannus, vinco vici victum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ratavô. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | decanus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | frea, hlaford. (various references) |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | mawla. (various references) |
| Dutch | 700-Modern | meesterstuk. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | patronus. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | patron. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 18 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui servat ficum comedet fructus eius et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who kepith a fige tree, shal ete the frutis of it; and who kepere is of his lord, shal ben glorified. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Bisan kinsa nga magabantay sa higuera magakaon sa bunga niana; Ug kadtong magatahud sa iyang agalon pagapasidunggan. |
| Croatian | Tko èuva smokvu, jede od njena ploda, i tko èuva svoga gospodara, poštiva se. |
| Danish | Røgter man et Figentræ, spiser man dets Frugt; den, der vogter sin Herre, æres. |
| Dutch | Die den vijgeboom bewaart, zal zijn vrucht eten; en die zijn heer waarneemt, zal geeerd worden. |
| Finnish | Joka viikunapuuta hoitaa, saa syödä sen hedelmää; ja joka isännästänsä vaarin pitää, se tulee kunniaan. |
| French | Celui qui soigne un figuier en mangera le fruit, Et celui qui garde son maître sera honoré. |
| German | Wer seinen Feigenbaum bewahrt, der ißt Früchte davon; und wer seinen Herrn bewahrt, wird geehrt. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Moun ki pran swen yon pye rezen, se li ki va jwenn rezen pou li manje. Moun ki fè travay mèt li byen, y'a gen respè pou li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapa memelihara pohon, akan makan buahnya. Pelayan akan dihargai bila memanjakan tuannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang yang memeliharakan pokok ara ia itu akan makan buahnya; orang yang menunggui tuannya itu akan mendapat kemuliaan. |
| Italian | Il guardiano di un fico ne mangia i frutti, chi ha cura del suo padrone ne riceverà onori. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ona hua: ka whakahonoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tona rangatira. |
| Norwegian | Den som passer sitt fikentre, får ete dets frukt, og den som tar vare på sin herre, blir æret. |
| Portuguese | O que cuida da figueira comerá do fruto dela; e o que vela pelo seu senhor será honrado. |
| Rumanian | Cine kngrijewte de un smochin va mknca din rodul lui, wi cine-wi pqzewte stqpknul va fi preyuit. - |
| Russian | лФП УФЕТЕЦЕФ УНПЛПЧОЙГХ, ФПФ ВХДЕФ ЕУФШ РМПДЩ ЕЕ; Й ЛФП ВЕТЕЦЕФ ЗПУРПДЙОБ УЧПЕЗП, ФПФ ВХДЕФ Ч ЮЕУФЙ. |
| Spanish | El que cuida de su higuera comerá de su fruto, y el que atiende a su señor logrará honra. |
| Swedish | Den som vårdar sitt fikonträd, han får äta dess frukt; och den som vårdar sig om sin herre, han kommer till ära. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "master": mastered, masterful, masterfully, masterfulness, masterfulnesses, masteries, mastering, masterliness, masterlinesses, masterly, mastermind, masterminded, masterminding, masterminds, masterpiece, masterpieces, masters, mastership, masterships, mastersinger, mastersingers, masterstroke, masterstrokes, masterwork, masterworks, mastery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "master": bandmaster, burgomaster, bushmaster, choirmaster, concertmaster, dockmaster, drillmaster, grandmaster, harbormaster, headmaster, housemaster, ironmaster, loadmaster, overmaster, paymaster, postmaster, quartermaster, quizmaster, remaster, ringmaster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, shipmaster, spymaster, stationmaster, taskmaster, toastmaster, truckmaster, wharfmaster, whoremaster, yardmaster. (additional references) | |
Words containing "master": bandmasters, burgomasters, bushmasters, choirmasters, concertmasters, dockmasters, drillmasters, grandmasters, harbormasters, headmasters, headmastership, headmasterships, housemasters, ironmasters, loadmasters, overmastered, overmastering, overmasters, paymasters, postmasters, postmastership, postmasterships, quartermasters, quizmasters, remastered, remastering, remasters, ringmasters, schoolmasterish, schoolmasterly, schoolmasters, scoutmasters, shipmasters, spymasters, stationmasters, stigmasterol, stigmasterols, taskmasters, toastmasters, truckmasters, wharfmasters, whoremasters, yardmasters. (additional references) | |
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"Master" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amsteg, amster, cmaster, Kastar, Kaster, Maasberg, maaster, Maestag, maftir, Magstore, Majstey, malter, Marter, Maschler, Masetti, Mashtaq, masster, masta, mastard, maste, mastec, mastern, masti, Mastin, masto, Mastr, mastur, Masutti, matar, mateir, Matsa, Matsuri, Mausner, Mauter, Mautner, mawther, Mcactear, Mcaister, mesta, meste, Mester, mestre, mestret, Mialster, miester, misster, mistek, mistel, mis-ter, mistere, Mistero, misther, mistir, mistur, mnster, mostar, Mostek, mpstat, mustern, myster, Mystre. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "master" (pronounced ma"ster) |
| 5 | m a" s t er | grandmaster, headmaster. |
| 4 | -a" s t er | aster, blaster, caster, Castor, disaster, faster, Gaster, laster, oleaster, paster, pastor, pilaster, plaster, raster. |
| 3 | -s t er | dumpster, duster, Easter, adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, banister, bannister, barrister, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, ester, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, hamster, harvester, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, ouster, oyster, pester, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, toastmaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: armets, maters, matres, ramets, stream, tamers. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: armet, aster, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, meats, ramet, rates, reams, satem, smart, smear, stare, steam, tamer, tames, tares, teams, tears, terms, trams. | |
-2 letters: ares, arms, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, maes, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats, meat, mesa, meta, rams, rase, rate, rats, ream, rems. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: armlets, armrest, hamster, imarets, lamster, maestri, maestro, markets, martens, masters, mastery, matters, matures, misrate, ramjets, remates, restamp, reteams, sarment, smarted, smarten, smarter, smartie, smatter, stammer, stamper, steamer, streams, streamy, strumae, tampers, tramels, warmest. | |
+2 letters: airtimes, amateurs, amirates, ammeters, amortise, amreetas, armrests, asterism, atomiser, barmiest, bromates, ceramist, cremates, emeritas, emirates, fermatas, foremast, formates, gamester, garments, hamsters, lamberts, lamister, lamsters, maestros, magister, maltster, margents, marliest, marlites, marmites, marmoset, martlets, masseter, mastered, masterly, matchers, matrices, matrixes, mattress, maturest, meerkats, megastar, menstrua, metamers, migrates, minarets, misalter, misrated, misrates, mistaker, mistrace, mistreat, monstera, muriates, onstream, prestamp, primates, raftsmen, ragtimes, raiments, rammiest, readmits, rearmost, remaster, remnants, restamps, sarmenta, sarments, scimetar, scramjet, seamster, seriatim, smartens, smartest, smarties, smatters, stammers, stampers, staumrel, steamers, steamier, stemware, sterigma, streamed, streamer, teamster, tearooms, temperas, templars, tempuras, teraohms, teratism, thermals, tonearms, tramells, tramless, trammels, trampers, tramples, trashmen, upstream, varments, vitamers, wartimes. | |
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