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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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..
Service :: Service (n.) The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love..
Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master..
Turnover :: Turnover (n.) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time..
Bandmaster :: Bandmaster (n.) The conductor of a musical band.
Mastership :: Mastership (n.) An ironical title of respect.
Maestro :: Maestro (n.) A master in any art, especially in music; a composer..
Rector :: Rector (n.) The head master of a public school.
Virile :: Virile (a.) Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs..
Master :: Master (v. t.) To own; to posses.
Cupbearer :: Cupbearer (n.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master..
Overhand :: Overhand (n.) The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
Major-domo :: Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer..
Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress..
Ironmaster :: Ironmaster (n.) A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein..
Dominus :: Dominus (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor..
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..
Penman :: Penman (n.) One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master..
Precentor :: Precentor (n.) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.
Expert :: Expert (n.) A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.
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