Definition of master

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Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..

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Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against..
Tyrannical :: Tyrannical (a.) Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government..
Paterfamilias :: Paterfamilias (n.) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master..
Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor..
Apprentice :: Apprentice (v. t.) To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business..
Masterless :: Masterless (a.) Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable.
Rage :: Rage (n.) Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will..
Havener :: Havener (n.) A harbor master.
Master :: Master (n.) A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy..
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..
Journeyman :: "Journeyman (n.) Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Sect :: Sect (n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party..
Chef-d''oeuvre :: Chef-d'oeuvre (n.) A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc..
Mastership :: Mastership (n.) An ironical title of respect.
Maestro :: Maestro (n.) A master in any art, especially in music; a composer..
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..
Barringout :: Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
Sire :: Sire (n.) A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir..
Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..
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