Master
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- someone who has control over something or someone
- owner of an animal or slave
- an expert at something
- a skilled artist
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See also
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Namesakes
- "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" by Audre Lorde
- The Master and Margarita (1967) by Mikhail Bulgakov
- The Master (2012 film)
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Etymology
From Middle English maister, mayster, meister, from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from mag- (as in magnus (“great”)) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre from the same Latin source.
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