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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Schoolmaster :: Schoolmaster (n.) One who, or that which, disciplines and directs..
Weighmaster :: Weighmaster (n.) One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher..
Rhetorician :: Rhetorician (a.) Suitable to a master of rhetoric.
Barmaster :: Barmaster (n.) Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote..
Undermaster :: Undermaster (n.) A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.
Adrogate :: Adrogate (v. t.) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
Ironmaster :: Ironmaster (n.) A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel..
Craftsmaster :: Craftsmaster (n.) One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning.
Mastership :: Mastership (n.) Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority.
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it..
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster..
Cupbearer :: Cupbearer (n.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master..
Masterless :: Masterless (a.) Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable.
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..
Havener :: Havener (n.) A harbor master.
Master :: Master (n.) A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies..
Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..
Captain :: Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
Liege :: Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject..
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