[mas-ter, mah-ster] 
| 1. | a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate. |
| 2. | an owner of a slave, animal, etc. |
| 3. | an employer of workers or servants. |
| 4. | the male head of a household. |
| 5. | a person eminently skilled in something, as an occupation, art, or science: the great masters of the Impressionist period. |
| 6. | a person whose teachings others accept or follow: a Zen master. |
| 7. | Chiefly British. a male teacher or schoolmaster. |
| 8. | a worker qualified to teach apprentices and to carry on a trade independently. |
| 9. | a title given to a bridge or chess player who has won or placed in a certain number of officially recognized tournaments. |
| 10. | a person holding this title. |
| 11. | a person who commands a merchant ship; captain. |
| 12. | a victor or conqueror. |
| 13. | a presiding officer. |
| 14. | an officer of the court to whom some or all of the issues in a case may be referred for the purpose of taking testimony and making a report to the court. |
| 15. | the Master, Jesus Christ. |
| 16. | a person who has been awarded a master's degree. |
| 17. | a boy or young man (used chiefly as a term of address). |
| 18. | Also called matrix. an original document, drawing, manuscript, etc., from which copies are made. |
| 19. | a device for controlling another device operating in a similar way. Compare slave (def. 5). |
| 20. | Recording.
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| 21. | Also called copy negative. Photography. a film, usually a negative, used primarily for making large quantities of prints. |
| 22. | master of foxhounds. |
| 23. | Archaic. a work of art produced by a master. |
| 24. | being master; exercising mastery; dominant. |
| 25. | chief or principal: a master list. |
| 26. | directing or controlling: a master switch. |
| 27. | of or pertaining to a master from which copies are made: master film; master matrix; master record; master tape. |
| 28. | dominating or predominant: a master play. |
| 29. | being a master of some occupation, art, etc.; eminently skilled: a master diplomat; a master pianist. |
| 30. | being a master carrying on one's trade independently, rather than a worker employed by another: a master plumber. |
| 31. | characteristic of a master; showing mastery. |
| 32. | to make oneself master of; become an adept in: to master a language. |
| 33. | to conquer or overcome: to master one's pride. |
| 34. | to rule or direct as master: to master a crew. |
| 35. | Recording. to produce a master tape, disk, or record of: The producer recorded, mixed, and mastered the new album. |
