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1. Someone who has control over another or others: The master of the large tobacco plantation was not liked by his employees.
2. The owner, or keeper, of an animal; in the past, the owner of a slave or slaves: Tom, the master of his dog, taught it to sit on his command.
3. Anyone who has control over, or ownership, of something: The master of a big cotton plantation kept many slaves to do the work before the Civil War took place.
4. The captain of a merchant ship; a "master mariner": Jim was the master of the large cargo ship heading for a foreign country.
5. The man who serves as the head of a household: It used to be that that the husband of a family living in a house was called the master!
6. Someone who defeats another; a victo: After winning many games at chess, Mr. Big was described as being the master at chess!
7. A male teacher or tutor In early America, it used to be that a schoolteacher was called a master, like a schoolmaster or schoolmistress.
8. An artist or performer of great and exemplary skill: Finally the concertmaster and the conductor came on to the stage and the whole audience clapped loudly before the concert began.
9. A worker qualified to teach apprentices and carry on a skill, or craft, on their own: The cabinetmaker, or master of Jim, the trainee, could make wonderful chairs and tables.
10. An expert at something: There can be a master of three languages.
2. The owner, or keeper, of an animal; in the past, the owner of a slave or slaves: Tom, the master of his dog, taught it to sit on his command.
3. Anyone who has control over, or ownership, of something: The master of a big cotton plantation kept many slaves to do the work before the Civil War took place.
4. The captain of a merchant ship; a "master mariner": Jim was the master of the large cargo ship heading for a foreign country.
5. The man who serves as the head of a household: It used to be that that the husband of a family living in a house was called the master!
6. Someone who defeats another; a victo: After winning many games at chess, Mr. Big was described as being the master at chess!
7. A male teacher or tutor In early America, it used to be that a schoolteacher was called a master, like a schoolmaster or schoolmistress.
8. An artist or performer of great and exemplary skill: Finally the concertmaster and the conductor came on to the stage and the whole audience clapped loudly before the concert began.
9. A worker qualified to teach apprentices and carry on a skill, or craft, on their own: The cabinetmaker, or master of Jim, the trainee, could make wonderful chairs and tables.
10. An expert at something: There can be a master of three languages.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle could be called a master of crime fiction.
11. The first form of something used for making an imitation or for copying: An example of a master can be an original document or audio recording from which copies can be made.
12. Etymology: from Old English mægester, "someone having control or authority"; from Latin magister, "chief, head, director, teacher"; influenced in Middle English by Old French maistre; from Latin magister, from magis, "more", from magnus, "great".
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magist-, master- +
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(Latin: master, leader; he/she who brings about [something])
(Greek > Latin: house, home; master or lord of the house)
(Latin: magister, chief, head, leader; from Latin magnus, "great")
(a poem by Lorrie Cline)
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“master”
eye domanance, dominant eye, master eye
1. The almost universal situation in which one eye is unconsciously relied on and used more than the other eye or which is customarily used for monocular tasks.
2. The eye to which a person unconsciously gives preference as a source of stimuli for visual sensations.
2. The eye to which a person unconsciously gives preference as a source of stimuli for visual sensations.
The dominant eye is usually used in sighting down a gun or looking through a monocular microscope or a telescope.
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eye, eyes +
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Poem: I Met the Master Face to Face by Lorrie Cline
Going from a worldly life to a spiritual awakening with a vision of meeting God.
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Poems: Index
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