master\'s degree

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master's degree

noun
a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study.
Also called mas·ter's.
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master's degree
late 14c., originally a degree giving one authority to teach in a university; from see master in its general sense of man of learning (early 13c.), a teacher (c.1200).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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