meister
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From German Meister (“master, highly skilled tradesman; champion”), from Old High German meistar, from Latin magister, whence also English master, mister, magister, and maestro.
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meister (plural meisters)
- A person of great skill or authority in a particular field
- 2009 January 20, Natalie Angier, “In ‘Geek Chic’ and Obama, New Hope for Lifting Women in Science”, in New York Times[1]:
- The designated leaders so far include superstars like Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate, and Eric Lander, genome meister.
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meister
- inflection of viel:
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meister
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German.
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meister m (definite singular meisteren, indefinite plural meistrar, definite plural meistrane)
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- mester (Bokmål)
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- “meister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.