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English honorific for young men and boys
Tragedies. After its replacement in common speech by Mister, Master was retained as a form of address only for boys who had not yet entered society. By the late
Master_(form_of_address)
Old form of address for a woman
Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. Master (form of address) "mistress, n. & adj.", Oxford English Dictionary (3 ed.), Oxford
Mistress_(form_of_address)
Forms of address used in the United Kingdom are given below. Several terms have been abbreviated in the tables below. The forms used in the table are
Forms of address in the United Kingdom
Forms_of_address_in_the_United_Kingdom
Official or legally recognized title for a person or entity
style of office, also called manner of reference, or form of address when someone is spoken to directly, is an official or legally recognized form of reference
Style_(form_of_address)
Topics referred to by the same term
Medieval guilds Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions
Master
Courtesy form of address
In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.:
English_honorifics
Honorific for men
honorific, or professional title, or any of various designations of office. The title Mr derived from earlier forms of master, as the equivalent female titles
Mr.
Address of justices or mayors
Master is the traditional style of address for the Master of a lodge, who essentially acts as the chairperson during his tenure. Excellency Forms of address
Worship_(style)
Polite forms of address in Japanese
variant of -chan. It evokes a small child's mispronunciation of that form of address, or baby talk – similar to how, for example, a speaker of English
Japanese_honorifics
Honorifics in the German language and culture
"master" and "owner". It is also the form of address for a nobleman or God (English equivalent: Lord). In correspondence, the correct form of address is
German_honorifics
Topics referred to by the same term
Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (master + -ess) and may refer to: Mistress (lover), a female lover of a married man Royal mistress
Mistress
Honorific form of address for certain Catholic clergy
[monsiɲˈɲoːre]) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore
Monsignor
1863 speech by Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address is a dedication speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, following the Battle of Gettysburg during the American
Gettysburg_Address
Text file describing a DNS zone
resources, organized in the form of text representations of resource records (RR). A zone file may be either a DNS master file, authoritatively describing
Zone_file
Serial communication bus
clock and responds when addressed by the controller (master). The bus is a multi-controller bus, which means that any number of controller nodes can be
I2C
Postgraduate educational qualification
example, Master of Business Administration, Master of Divinity, Master of Engineering, Master of Physics, and Master of Public Health. The form "Master in
Master's_degree
Honorific title for Hindu monks; Indian surname
Hindi svāmī 'master, lord, prince', used by Hindus as a term of respectful address, < Sanskrit svāmin in some senses, also the idol or temple of a god. As
Swami
Archaic English form of address
polite form of address for women, formerly used as Mrs., Miss and Ms. are used today. Its male counterpart is Goodman. However, a woman addressed by this
Goodwife
the name of the person and can stand alone. Xiānshēng 先生 (born first, Mr., Sir.): This is a term commonly used as a respectful form of address for male
Chinese_titles
Greeting word or phrase
"Miss" is the proper form of address for female children and unmarried women, although some consider the latter use to be dated. "Master" is used in formal
Salutation
Title for an expert or martial arts teacher in Chinese culture
regardless of sex. Whether or not they are addressed as "big uncle" or "little uncle" also depends on when that person was adopted by the master's master, not
Shifu
Novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written 1928–1940
The Master and Margarita (Russian: Мастер и Маргарита, romanized: Master i Margarita) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between
The_Master_and_Margarita
Record-keeping system for US tax filings
as a legacy system in need of modernization. The IMF stores an individual's name, taxpayer identification number, address, income, deductions, credits
Individual_Master_File
Master's degree in business leadership
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various
Master of Business Administration
Master_of_Business_Administration
List of titles given to members of the Judiciary of England and Wales
their personal titles and forms of address often change as they progress in a judicial career. If there are two Justices of the Supreme Court with the
Judicial titles in England and Wales
Judicial_titles_in_England_and_Wales
Device communications bus system
master broadcasts an enumeration command, and then an address, "listening" after each bit of an address. If a slave's address matches all the address
1-Wire
Address of dukes or archbishops
His Grace and Her Grace are English styles of address used with high-ranking personages, and was the style for English monarchs until Henry VIII (r. 1509–1547)
Grace_(style)
Type of network address translation
NAT (CGN or CGNAT), also known as large-scale NAT (LSN), is a type of network address translation (NAT) used by Internet service providers (ISPs) in IPv4
Carrier-grade_NAT
East Asian honorific
"teacher". The word is also used as a title to refer to or address other professionals or people of authority, such as clergy, accountants, lawyers, physicians
Sensei
English honorific title for women regardless of marital status
used with the last name or full name of a woman, intended as a default form of address for women regardless of marital status. Like Miss and Mrs., the
Ms.
US military computer network standard
computer in the event of a failure by the current master controller. Usually, the auxiliary flight control computer(s) monitor the master computer and aircraft
MIL-STD-1553
Honorific title
also a knight, the appropriate form of address puts the professional military rank first, then the correct manner of address for the individual, then his
Sir
Synchronous serial communication interface
and address from the master in single mode, and returns the data in dual mode. Dual I/O sends the command in single mode, then sends the address and return
Serial_Peripheral_Interface
Chinese term for an obsequious person/minion/lackey
even though chen was historically considered a more prestigious form of self-address. In 1773, the Qianlong Emperor received a joint memorial about imperial
Nucai
Formality distinction feature of some languages
and V forms are examples of honorifics. The T–V distinction is expressed in a variety of forms; two particularly common means are: addressing a single
T–V_distinction
Information systems good practice for data normalization
such that every data element is mastered (or edited) in only one place, providing data normalization to a canonical form (for example, in database normalization
Single_source_of_truth
Martial artist title
Grandmaster and Master are titles used to describe or address some senior or experienced martial artists. Typically these titles are honorary in nature
Grandmaster_(martial_arts)
Serial communications protocol
maximum of 247 slaves communicating with one master. Those slaves have a unique address ranging from 1 to 247 (01hex to F7hex). The addresses from 248
Modbus
Topics referred to by the same term
Missouri University of Science and Technology Nuclear Reactor Massena Terminal Railroad Abbreviation form of the address 'Master' MicroStrategy This disambiguation
MSTR
Title that conveys position or rank
and as form of address) include, in the case of a man, "Mr." (irrespective of marital status), and, in the case of a woman, previously either of two depending
Honorific
Printed record allowing signers to fill out fields
Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1880). Database Questionnaire XForms Form (web) Forms processing Oracle Forms Master-detail Enterprise forms automation
Form_(document)
Ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
by a single Court of Appeal judge with another judge, or by two High Court judges. In court, a lord justice of appeal is addressed as "My Lord" or "Your
Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)
Court_of_Appeal_judge_(England_and_Wales)
Style of reference for high nobility
official style or standard form of address in reference to a cardinal of the Catholic Church, reflecting his status as a Prince of the Church. A longer, and
Eminence_(style)
Local computer bus for attaching hardware devices
PCI bus appear to a bus master to be connected directly to its own bus and are assigned addresses in the processor's address space. It is a parallel bus
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peripheral_Component_Interconnect
Cooking reality television series
MasterChef Australia has a different format from that of the original British MasterChef and MasterChef Goes Large formats. Initial rounds consist of
MasterChef_Australia
Cloud-based survey software
changes that affect all new forms, such as always collecting email addresses. Users can analyze responses to their form using either the built-in analysis
Google_Forms
Senior diver rating in US Navy
officer (master diver), then his title/name would be written as NDC (MDV) Jones. The title "Master Diver" is customarily used as a form of address rather
Master diver (United States Navy)
Master_diver_(United_States_Navy)
Auto-configuration mechanism used by PCI
device's requested memory size in an encoded form. The design implies that all address space sizes are a power of two and are naturally aligned. At this point
PCI_configuration_space
Patient database used by healthcare organizations
duplicate patient records. In computing, an enterprise[-wide] master patient index is a form of customer data integration (CDI) specific to the healthcare
Enterprise master patient index
Enterprise_master_patient_index
Honorific for women who are married
Abbreviation). Mrs. originated as a contraction of the honorific Mistress (the feminine of Mister or Master) which was originally applied to both married
Mrs.
2020 drama television series
(recurring season 2; main season 4–7), the Second Form master for Darrell's form then Felicity's form master. Karl Theobald as Mr. Edwards (season 4), Irene's
Malory_Towers_(TV_series)
Honorifics in the Korean language and culture
honorific forms, honorific markers, and special honorific forms of nouns that include terms of address. The age difference between speakers affects honorific
Korean_honorifics
Medium to store keys for signing cryptocurrency transactions
(known as an address) are not known by the blockchain or anyone else. The blockchain will only record the transaction of the public address when cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency_wallet
1960s linguistic shift in Sweden
process of popularization of the second-person singular pronoun du as a universal form of address in Sweden that took place in the late 1960s. The use of du
Du-reformen
in the use of these terms, and more specific forms of address are sometimes employed. Generally speaking, tu is the familiar form of address used with
Personal pronouns in Portuguese
Personal_pronouns_in_Portuguese
Forms of address for close relatives of peers
title is a form of address and/or reference in the British system of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer, as
Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom
Courtesy_titles_in_the_United_Kingdom
President of the United States from 2009 to 2017
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to address the Great Recession; a partial extension of the Bush tax cuts; legislation to reform health
Barack_Obama
They wear dark blue gowns with pink tabs in court and are addressed as 'Master', regardless of gender, or 'Judge'. Ceremonially, they wear a full-bottomed
Judiciary of England and Wales
Judiciary_of_England_and_Wales
Consensual use of humiliation in a sexual context
common terms include Master/Dom for a male top and Mistress/Domme for a female top. Common terms for the bottom, regardless of gender, include slave
Erotic_humiliation
Fifth season of the ''Pokémon'' animated television series
Pokémon: Master Quest is the fifth season of the Pokémon anime series and the third and final season of Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver, known in Japan
Pokémon:_Master_Quest
Web portal and web-based email service provider
storage and email service with over 100 email domain names for creation of email address. They offer brand-neutral domains, including geographical locations
Mail.com
Computer memory management technique
an address space of 105 words which mapped exactly onto the 105 words of the drums, i.e. the addresses were real addresses and there was no form of indirect
Virtual_memory
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you." The address reflected
John_F._Kennedy
Catholic order of chivalry
of Vienna. The separation of the two existing branches took place as a result of the War of the Spanish Succession of 1701–1714. The grand master of the
Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece
Academic title for a holder of a doctoral degree
to omit the title "Dr" when addressing letters to those holding doctoral degrees, and instead write the abbreviated form of the degree after the name,
Doctor_(title)
Web browser developed by Google
browsers. For example, the merging of the address bar and search bar into the omnibox or omnibar. The first release of Google Chrome passed both the Acid1
Google_Chrome
First sector of partitioned PC computer disk
A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first block of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives
Master_boot_record
authorized by Congress. The proper form of address to a chief petty officer is "Chief", "Senior chief" (or "Senior"), or "Master chief" according to their rate
List of United States Navy enlisted rates
List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates
Courtesy forms of address
equivalent to "Lord" or "Master" (ruler, suzerain). Pan and its variations are most common in Poland. The male form is Pan, the feminine form is Pani. Panna is
Slavic_honorifics
Spiritually enlightened beings in Theosophy
ascended master are often used synonymously, the Ascended Master Teachings define them differently, associating "ascended master" with a higher level of spiritual
Ascended_master
Form of literature
many subjects. Poets from the earliest centuries of the sonnet to the present have used the form to address topics related to politics (John Milton, Percy
Poetry
Global system of connected computer networks
The overarching definitions of the two principal name spaces on the Internet, the Internet Protocol address (IP address) space and the Domain Name System
Internet
Arabic variety spoken in Egypt
situations, but to address clear social superiors (e.g. older persons, superiors at work, certain government officials), the form حضرتك ḥaḍretak/ḥaḍretek
Egyptian_Arabic
Vehicle network technology
transferred across the bus in fixed-form messages of selectable lengths. The master task transmits a header that consists of a break signal followed by synchronization
Local_Interconnect_Network
Mainframe computer
instructions are executed in Master mode. In comparison Append Mode calculates the address using "Appending Words" with an address space of 224 words and with instruction
GE_645
Grammatical case for noun addressed
Thumb [de], argue that the vocative form is not a case but a special form of nouns not belonging to any case, as nouns of address are not related syntactically
Vocative_case
address-specific product in digital form. The latest evolution of Ordnance Survey's spatial address data is OS MasterMap Address Layer 2. OS MasterMap
Address_Point
British and Irish title of nobility
A feminine form of earl never developed; instead, countess is used. The title originates in the Old English word eorl, meaning "a man of noble birth
Earl
Master service agreement for OTC derivatives transactions
three documents: (i) a standard form master agreement for U.S. dollar interest-rate swaps; (ii) a standard form master agreement for multi-currency interest-rate
ISDA_Master_Agreement
Symbol used in Freemasonry
F∴&A∴M∴ - Free & Accepted Masons. W∴M∴ - Worshipful Master A∴L∴ - Anno Lucis For plural forms, the initial letter is doubled: BB∴ - Brothers LL∴ - Lodges
Three_dots_(Freemasonry)
Destination to which emails are delivered
is the equivalent of a letter box in the postal system. A mailbox is identified by an email address. However, not all email addresses correspond to a storage
Email_box
American online university
online Master of Business Administration (MBA). In 2017, the University of Edinburgh (UE) partnered with the school so that health science graduates of UoPeople
University_of_the_People
American electronic gaming and gambling company
company is headquartered in Enterprise, Nevada, with a Las Vegas mailing address. Light & Wonder's gaming division provides products such as slot machines
Light_&_Wonder
Massage of erogenous zones for sexual arousal or orgasm
to help men address issues of premature ejaculation. According to Rachel P. Maines, in the Western medical tradition, genital massage of a woman to orgasm
Erotic_massage
2025 American television series
cat-themed supervillain and master thief with lightning-fast cheetah powers who is auditioning to join Mastermind's incarnation of the Villain League. Jessica
The_Thundermans:_Undercover
American writer (1711–c. 1806)
known as the Hammon "Address to Negroes of the State of New-York". He was seventy-six years old and still enslaved. In his address he told the crowd, "If
Jupiter_Hammon
Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
criticism from conservative elements within the college. The official form of address of the Pope in English was His Holiness Pope Francis. Holy Father was
Pope_Francis
Golf tournament in the United States
Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf championships (the others being The Open, the Masters, and the U.S. Open)
PGA_Championship
Military rank
one of the official terms of address for senior master sergeants, in addition to the pre-existing "Senior Master Sergeant" and "Sergeant" addresses. Senior
Senior_master_sergeant
American journalist and author (1990–2025)
Schlossberg was a member of the Kennedy family and Bouvier family. She graduated from Yale University and later earned a Master of Studies degree in American
Tatiana_Schlossberg
American television series
superhero Marvelous Man. He managed to maintain planetary peace for 40 years, addressing the world in an annual speech for that period. In 1987, Marvelous Man
The_Guardians_of_Justice
Words of affirmation (yes) and negation or contradiction (no)
three-form or four-form systems. English originally used a four-form system up to and including Early Middle English. Modern English uses a two-form system
Yes_and_no
Archaic English form of address
and Puritan New England. They are perhaps best known today as the forms of address used in Arthur Miller's historical fiction The Crucible, and in Nathaniel
Goodman_(title)
Literary technique used to persuade
distinct to certain forms of language. They can be difficult to cleanly classify, however, as many are common across multiple such forms and can intersect
Literary_device
Level of judge in England and Wales
female judges made Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In court, a High Court judge is addressed as My Lord or Your Lordship if male
High Court judge (England and Wales)
High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)
System to identify resources on a network
assigned to each of the associated entities. Most prominently, it translates readily memorized domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for locating
Domain_Name_System
Management framework
internal sprint retrospective. A person in charge of a scrum team is typically called a scrum master. Scrum teams should be cross-functional and self-managing
Scrum_(project_management)
Simple two-wire bus for motherboards
low extend time for a master device. Again I²C does not have a similar specification. SMBus defines both rise and fall time of bus signals. I²C does not
System_Management_Bus
President of Botswana since 2024
Beers regarding Botswana's diamond industry. In his first State of the Nation Address in November 2024, Boko said that his government would push for increased
Duma_Boko
8-bit microprocessor from 1975
is of the form 000bbb01, where bbb may be 010 for an immediate mode value (constant), 001 for zero-page fixed address, 011 for an absolute address, and
MOS_Technology_6502
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English : variant of Coster.The American military officer George Custer (1839–76) was a descendant of a German officer from Hesse by the name of Küster.
Surname or Lastname
Spelling variant of German Kassler.English
Spelling variant of German Kassler.English : perhaps a habitational name from any of several places in Cumbria called Castle Howe, from Middle English castel ‘castle’, ‘earthwork’ + howe ‘mound’ (Old Norse haugr), or alternatively a topographic or occupational name from Middle English casteler ‘dweller or worker at a castle’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such.Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : variant of Pastor 2.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Polish pasterz ‘shepherd’.English : generally a variant of Pastor, but possibly in some cases an occupational name for a baker, from an agent derivative of Old French paste ‘paste or dough’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Master. Reaney notes the medieval example atte Maysters (1327), and suggests this might have denoted someone who lived at a master’s house, a master’s servant or perhaps an apprentice.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : variant of Munster 1.English : variant of Musters, a habitational name of Norman origin, from Les Moutiers-Hubert in Calvados, France.Slovenian (eastern Slovenia) : old form of Moster ‘bridge keeper’, an agent derivative of must, an archaic spelling of most ‘bridge’. This name is also found in German-speaking countries.
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Born at Easter
Male
English
Low German pet form of Latin Silvester, FESTER means "from the forest."
Male
English
Short form of English Norman, NORM means "northman."
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the holiday name "Easter," which is related to Old English Eosturmónaþ/Eastermónaþ, EASTER means "April."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English martre, marter ‘marten’ (Old French martre).Dutch : possibly from marter ‘marten’.
Male
Gaelic
Gaelic form of Latin Alexandrus, ALASTER means "defender of mankind."
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname from Middle High German agelster ‘magpie’, which was known especially in the Middle Ages for mischievous tricks.English : perhaps a variant of Easter.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of German Oesterling.English
Americanized form of German Oesterling.English : derivative of Easter 1, with the addition of the Germanic suffix -ling.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Castor.Americanized spelling of German Kaster.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a hypercorrected form of Easter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Mander.Belcher Manter is recorded in Plymouth, MA, in 1657. John Manter (1658–1744), possibly a son of Belcher, was the founder of a family associated with Martha’s Vineyard.
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
Born at Easter; Goddess of the Dawn; Easter Time
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for someone with boils or lumpy skin, or perhaps for a hunchback, from Middle High German maser ‘lump’, ‘protuberance’.German and English : from Middle High Germanmaser, Middle English maser ‘maple-wood bowl’ (Old French masere, of Germanic origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a wood-turner producing such ware.English : variant spelling of Macer, an occupational name for a mace-bearer, from Old French maissier, massier, a derivative of Old French masse ‘mace’.German (Maaser) : pet form of Thomas.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter ‘eastern’, Old English ēasterra, in form a comparative of ēast ‘east’ (see East).English : habitational name from a group of villages in Essex, named from Old English eowestre ‘sheepfold’.English : nickname for someone who had some connection with the festival of Easter, such as being born or baptized at that time (Old English ēastre, perhaps from the name of a pagan festival connected with the dawn).Translation of the German family name Oster.
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Full of Energy
Female
Italian
Italian form of Celtic Genovefa, probably GENOVEFFA means "race of women."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Friend, Soft hearted, Companion
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a bald man or one who kept his hair extremely close-cropped, from Middle English not(te) ‘bald’ (Old English hnott).English : variant spelling of Knott.German : of uncertain origin; perhaps either a nickname for an inconspicuous person, from Middle Low German not(e) ‘nut’, or a derivative of Middle Low German note ‘companion’.
Girl/Female
Greek Latin
Night.
Female
Croatian
, wisdom.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Modern, Sanskrit
Happiness; Happy
Boy/Male
Swedish Teutonic Hungarian Russian German
Peaceful ruler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English riggewey, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a route or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, and Staffordshire.
Girl/Female
American, Danish, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Romanian, Spanish
Gift from God; A Flower; God is Gracious
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
MASTER FORM-OF-ADDRESS
n.
A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
n.
See Mister, a trade.
superl.
Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.
n.
The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
n.
That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.
v. i.
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
n.
One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.
v. t.
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
n.
See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.
n.
A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
n.
A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
n.
The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.
n.
Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.
n.
The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
n.
Master.
n.
One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.
n.
One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
v. t.
To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.
v. t.
To master thoroughly.
n.
Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.