Master

See also master

English

Noun

Master (plural Masters)

1. Prefix to a boy's name.
   • 1995, Barbara Hambly, Children of the Jedi, page 81

     "I'm terribly sorry, Master Luke," apologized the droid.

2. A religious teacher, often as an honorific title.
3. A master's degree.
4. A person holding a master's degree, as a title.
5. The owner of a slave, in some literature.
6. (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Father and Sage and representing a boy or a young man
   • 2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89

     ...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38

     In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2009, Debbe Tompkins, Witch School: Living the Wiccan Life, page 18

     Master of the Seasons of the Year, I call upon you and ask you to be here with me in this, my ritual.

Antonyms

• (Wicca): Maiden

Anagrams

• armest, armets, mastre, maters, matres, METARs, remast, stream, tamers, tremas

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Old Frisian

Proper noun

Māster m

1. God, the Lord, the Creator

Declension

Declension of Master (strong a-stem, masculine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Māster	—
accusative	Māster	—
genitive	Māsteres	—
dative	Māstere	—