A Master
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner. Synonyms: skipper, captain
- (dated) The head of a household.
- Someone who employs others.
- An expert at something.
Synonyms: skilled person
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (dated) A schoolmaster.
- A skilled artist.
- (dated) A man or a boy; mister.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
Synonyms: masters, master's, magistrate (Quebec English)
- A person holding such a degree.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.Synonyms: establishing shot, long shot
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
Synonym: primaryAntonyms: secondary, slave
- (freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.