maistry

English

Etymology 1

Noun

maistry

1. Obsolete form of mastery.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī), from Portuguese mestre.

Noun

maistry (plural maistries)

1. (obsolete, India) A foreman.
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:

     Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “Well, yes, of a kind. I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

2. (obsolete, India) Any artisan, such as a cook or a tailor.

Alternative forms

• mistry

Anagrams

• symitar