magister

See also: Magister and magíster

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of master and maestro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒɪstə(ɹ)/

Noun

magister (plural magisters)

1. Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
2. The possessor of a master's degree.

Related terms

• master's degree
• master
• mister

Translations

The possessor of a master's degree

• Czech: magistr (cs) m, magistra (cs) f
• French: professeur (fr) m, maître (fr) m
• Greek: μάγιστρος (el) m (mágistros)

• Indonesian: magister (id)
• Polish: magister (pl) m
• Portuguese: mestre (pt) m
• Spanish: magíster (es) m

Further reading

• magister in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• magister in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Gemarist, migrates, ragtimes, sterigma

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Latin

Alternative forms

• macister (archaic)

Etymology

From magis (“more or great”) + Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Compare minister.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈɡis.ter/, [maˈɡɪs.t̪ɛr]

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Noun

magister m (genitive magistrī); second declension

1. teacher
2. master; a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	magister	magistrī
Genitive	magistrī	magistrōrum
Dative	magistrō	magistrīs
Accusative	magistrum	magistrōs
Ablative	magistrō	magistrīs
Vocative	magister	magistrī

Coordinate terms

• minister

Derived terms

• magisterium
• magistra
• magistrālis
• magistrātus
• magistrō/ magisterō

Related terms

• magis
• magnus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meester
• Albanian: mjeshtër, mjesht
• Aragonese: mayestre
• Asturian: maestre, maestru
• Belarusian: магістр (mahistr), майстар (majstar)
• Bourguignon: moître
• Breton: mestr
• Bulgarian: магистър (magistǎr), майстор (majstor)
• Catalan: mestre, màster (via English)
• Cornish: mester
• Corsican: maestru
• Crimean Tatar: magistr
• Czech: magistr, mistr
• Danish: mester
• Dutch: maître, meester
• English: maestro, magister, master, meister, mister
• Esperanto: magistro, majstro, mastro
• Estonian: maestro, magister, meister
• Faroese: meistari
• Finnish: maestro, maisteri, mestari

• Franco-Provençal: mêtro
• French: maestro (via Italian), magister (borrowing), maître, master (via English)
• Friulian: mestri
• Gallo: maestr
• Galician: mestre
• German: Magister, Master, Meister
• Greek: μάγιστρος (mágistros), μάστορας (mástoras)
• Hungarian: mester
• Icelandic: meistari
• Ido: maestro, mastro
• Interlingua: maestro, magister, magistro
• Irish: máistir
• Italian: maestro, mastro, magister (borrowing)
• Latvian: mestrs
• Limburgish: meister
• Lithuanian: magistras, meistras
• Macedonian: мајстор (majstor)
• Middle French: maistre
• Neapolitan: maestro
• Norman: maîte
• Norwegian: mester

• Occitan: mèstre
• Old English: mægester
• Old French: maistre
• Old Frisian: master
• Old Portuguese: maestre, meestre (via Old Occitan or Old French)
• Picard: moaite
• Piedmontese: mèistr
• Polish: maestro, magister, majster, master, mistrz
• Portuguese: mestre (via Old Occitan), maestro (via Italian), magíster (borrowing), míster (via English), máster (via English)
• Romanian: maestru (via Italian), magistru (borrowing), măiestru, maistru
• Romansch: magister
• Russian: маги́стр (magístr), маэ́стро (maéstro), ма́стер (máster), мэтр (mɛtr)
• Sardinian: maistru
• Scottish Gaelic: maighstir, Maighstir
• Serbo-Croatian: maestro (маестро), magistar (магистар), majstor (мајстор)

• Sicilian: maistru, mastru
• Slovak: majster
• Slovene: mojster
• Spanish: maese, maeso, maestre (via Old Occitan), maestro, magíster (borrowing), máster (via English)
• Swedish: magister, mästare
• Tagalog: maestro
• Turkish: maestro, master
• Ukrainian: магістр (mahistr), майстер (majster)
• Venetian: maestro
• Walloon: maisse, mwaisse
• Welsh: meistr
• West Frisian: master
• Yiddish: מײַסטער‎ (mayster)

References

• magister in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magister in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magister in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to receive instruction from some one: disciplina alicuius uti, magistro aliquo uti
    
  • a teacher of rhetoric: rhetor, dicendi magister
    
  • a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
    
• magister in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magister in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• magister in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistere or magistre or magistrer, definite plural magisterne or magistrene)

1. The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)

References

• “magister” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistrar, definite plural magistrane)

1. The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)

References

• “magister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Directly from Latin magister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡʲi.stɛr/

Noun

magister m pers (abbreviation mgr)

1. magister (The possessor of a master's degree)
2. master's degree (a postgraduate degree)

Declension

declension of magister

	singular	plural
nominative	magister	magistrzy/magistrowie
genitive	magistra	magistrów
dative	magistrowi	magistrom
accusative	magistra	magistrów
instrumental	magistrem	magistrami
locative	magistrze	magistrach
vocative	magistrze	magistrzy/magistrowie

Noun

magister f (abbreviation mgr)

1. female equivalent of magister (“The possessor of a master's degree”)

Declension

Indeclinable.

Related terms

• (nouns) magisterka f, magisterium n, magistrant m pers, magistrantka f
• (adjective) magisterski

See also

• licencjat
• doktorant
• doktor

Further reading

• magister in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (plural magisters)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) male teacher

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) scolast
• (Sutsilvan) surmester

Coordinate terms

• (in terms of gender): magistra