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Master (a man having control or authority) or Masters may refer to:
- Master (form of address), a title.
- Master, the original of a document or other copied item.
- Master recording, the original of a recording.
- Sensei, a Japanese title used to refer to authority figures.
- Gangmaster, a person who provides workers for agricultural purposes.
- Master craftsman, a fully qualified artisan or craftsman, originally as rank in a guild.
- Guru, a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
- Maestro, a skilled, usually non-academic, instructor, as in Dance Master, Music Master, Fencing Master, Drawing Master etc.
- Master (BDSM), honorific some people use to describe the dominant partner in a relationship.
- Slavemaster, a person who manages slaves.
- Master-slave (technology), one device controlling the operation of other devices.
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Old Master, certain esteemed European painters who worked before 1800
- Old master print, a print made by the Old Masters
- Master (band), an American death metal band.
- Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band.
- The Master, a Doctor Who villain
- Master (Doctor Who audio), a Doctor Who audio drama.
- Master recording, the original of a visual and/or sound recording, which is then mixed and/or cut into a template from which distributable copies are made.
- Master Hand, a video game character from Super Smash Brothers and other games.
- Master class, a class given in a particular discipline by an expert in that discipline.
- Masters (The Tripods), a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy.
- Master (film), a 1997 Telugu-language film
- The Master (film), a 1989 Hong Kong action/adventure film.
[edit] Sport
- The Masters Tournament, one of golf's four major championships
- Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour
- Master of Sports of the USSR, a Soviet sports rank
- Masters (snooker), a snooker tournament
- Masters athletics (track and field), the category reserved for competition among older athletes, the name of the category for keeping world records for these athletes, and a term for the competitors themselves
- Masters football, a football league in Britain contested by retired footballing legends.
- Chess master, a particularly skilled chess player
- FIDE Master, International Master, and International Grandmaster, etc.
- Tennis Masters Cup, a tennis tournament
- Ultimate Masters of Formula 3, an international Formula 3 race at Circuit Park Zandvoort
- Swimming Masters, Swimming Championships
- Magnolia Beverage Masters, Philippine basketball team
- Tanduay Rhum Masters, defunct Philippine basketball team
- In bodybuilding, Masters is an aged-related competitive classification, usually referring to a competitor aged 40-49.
[edit] Ranks and titles
- Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- Special master, a quasi-judicial legal officer
- Master Aircrew, the highest non-commissioned rank held by aircrew in the Royal Air Force, equivalent to Warrant Officer in other branches
- Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy
- Master Corporal, an appointment of Corporal in the army and air force elements of the Canadian Forces
- Master Driver, a Warrant Officer appointment in the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps
- Master Gunner, a Warrant Officer appointment in the British Army's Royal Artillery
- Master Mariner, the official title of someone qualified to command a ship, a nautical captain.
- Master Seaman, an appointment of Leading Seaman in the navy element of the Canadian Forces
- Master Warrant Officer, the second highest non-commissioned rank in the army and air force elements of the Canadian Forces.
- Master or Worshipful Master, the presiding officer of a Masonic Lodge
- Master (judiciary), a low (or lowest, in some jurisdictions) rank of judge or judicial official
- Master tradesman, a person who has a greater level of skill than most in the licensed trades
- Master craftsman, a member of a guild
- Master Cadet, the highest non-commissioned rank within the Sea Cadet Corps of the New Zealand Cadet Forces.
- Jedi master, a rank in the fictional Star Wars Jedi Order
[edit] Education
- Master, traditional title of the Principal of some colleges of the universities of Cambridge, Durham and Oxford.
- Master's degree, a graduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in a specified discipline.
- Master of the United College, the head of the United College at the University of St Andrews.
- The Masters School, an independent school in New York.
- Schoolmaster, a male school teacher. This usage survives in British public schools, but is generally obsolete elsewhere.
- Headmaster, the most senior teacher in a school (British usage).
- Master of the Children, for the choir boys.
[edit] Proper names
[edit] Surname
The surname Masters is of Norman origin and it is thought that it is probably an anglised form of the French Maystres, Maystre or Maistre.
- Charles Harcourt Masters (b.1759), British surveyor and architect in Bath, Somerset
- Chris Mordetzky, American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name Chris Masters
- Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950), an American poet
- Ian Masters (songwriter)
- Ian Masters (broadcaster)
- Ian Masters (journalist)
- John Masters (1914–1983), an English soldier and novelist
- Mark Masters, an American radio company owner
- Maxwell T. Masters, British botanist
- Roy Masters (radio presenter), a British-born American talk radio personality
- Roy Masters (sport), an Australian rugby league coach, sport administrator and sports journalist
- William Masters (1915-2001), an American gynecologist and sexologist
[edit] Other
- Masters and Johnson, sexologists
- Master of Puppets, an album by Metallica, often referred to as simply Master
- Masters of Deception, a hacker group
- Masters of reality Black Sabbath album
- The Puppet Masters, a story
- Masters of the Universe, a television cartoon
- The Dancing Wu Li Masters
[edit] See also
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