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Masters

noun

1.

United States poet (1869-1950). Synonym: Edgar Lee Masters.

Master

noun

1.

An artist of consummate skill. Synonym: maestro. "One of the old masters"

2.

A person who has general authority over others. Synonyms: lord, overlord.

3.

A combatant who is able to defeat rivals. Synonyms: superior, victor.

4.

Directs the work of others.

5.

Presiding officer of a school. Synonyms: headmaster, schoolmaster.

6.

An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made. Synonyms: master copy, original.

7.

An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship. Synonyms: captain, sea captain, skipper.

8.

Someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution.

9.

An authority qualified to teach apprentices. Synonym: professional.

10.

Key that secures entrance everywhere. Synonyms: master key, passe-partout, passkey.

verb

(past & past part. mastered; pres. part. mastering)

1.

Be or become completely proficient or skilled in. Synonym: get the hang.

2.

Get on top of; deal with successfully. Synonyms: get over, overcome, subdue, surmount.

3.

Have dominance or the power to defeat over. Synonym: dominate. "The methods can master the problems"

4.

Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of. Synonym: control.

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"Masters" Quotes from Famous Books

... could absent himself and rest up from his fatigues when he got worn out. And yet she showed no wear, no weariness, and but seldom let fly her temper. As a rule she put her day through calm, alert, patient, fencing with those veteran masters of scholarly sword-play and coming out ...

— Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Volume 1 (of 2) • Mark Twain

... In most Asiatic countries the ladies are at a sad discount in the estimation of their lords and masters, however much the latter may expatiate on their personal charms, and in Eastern jests this is abundantly shown. For instance, a Persian poet, through the importunity of his friends, had married an old and ...

— Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers • W. A. Clouston

... most terrible thing) even freemen and citizens are tortured; of the principles also of the most prudent of our own countrymen, who though they are unwilling to allow slaves to be examined against their masters, still did allow of such examination in the case of incest and conspiracy,—and in fact such an examination took place in my consulship. That declamation which men are in the habit of using to throw discredit on such examinations must be laughed out of court, and called ...

— The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 • Cicero

... the world. For there is no distance that is not bridged by light,—and no separation of sounds that cannot be again brought into unison and harmony. "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy,"—and the "Golden City" is one of those things! "Masters of the world" are poor creatures at best,—but the secret Makers of the New Race are the gods of ...

— The Secret Power • Marie Corelli

... flor. 1600; Wolfgang Christoph, flor. 1630; and George Ludwig, 1643-1676. present. Gang-masters must be licensed by two justices, and may not hold a liquor license. The distance to be traversed on foot is fixed by the justices, and the licenses must be renewed every six months. Later legislation made more stringent the regulations under which children are employed in agricultural gangs. By ...

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