Definition of master
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Master (n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The direct
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Stroke ::
Stroke (v. t.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy..
Bondslave ::
Bondslave (n.) A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.
Dapifer ::
Dapifer (n.) One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household..
Mastery ::
Mastery (n.) The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
Purser ::
Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Master ::
Master (v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue..
Patron ::
Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..
Despot ::
Despot (n.) A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign..
Aceldama ::
Aceldama (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed..
Cupbearer ::
Cupbearer (n.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master..
Burgomaster ::
Burgomaster (n.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions..
Dominican ::
Dominican (n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins..
Magic ::
Magic (a.) A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc..
Skipper ::
Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel..
Possess ::
Possess (v. t.) To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book..
Pitiless ::
Pitiless (a.) Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements..
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