Master vs. Mistress
Masternoun
Someone who has control over something or someone.
Masternoun
The owner of an animal or slave.
Masternoun
(nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
Masternoun
(dated) The head of a household.
Masternoun
Someone who employs others.
Masternoun
An expert at something.
Masternoun
A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
Masternoun
(dated) A schoolmaster.
Masternoun
A skilled artist.
Masternoun
(dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master.
Masternoun
A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
Masternoun
A person holding such a degree.
Masternoun
The original of a document or of a recording.
Masternoun
(film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
Masternoun
(legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
Masternoun
A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
Masternoun
(freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
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(by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
Masternoun
A vessel having a specified number of masts.
Masteradjective
Masterful.
Masteradjective
Main, principal or predominant.
Masteradjective
Highly skilled.
Masteradjective
Original.
Masterverb
(intransitive) To be a master.highly ambiguous, master in what sense?
Masterverb
(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
Masterverb
(transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
Masterverb
To own; to posses.
Masterverb
To make a master copy of.
Masterverb
To earn a Master's degree.
Masternoun
A vessel having (so many) masts; - used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
Masternoun
A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; - formerly used with much more extensive application than now.
Masternoun
One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.
Masternoun
One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
Masternoun
A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mĭster, except when given to boys; - sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
Masternoun
A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
Masternoun
The commander of a merchant vessel; - usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.
Masternoun
A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
Masterverb
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
Masterverb
To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.
Masterverb
To own; to posses.
Masterverb
To be skillful; to excel.
Masternoun
an artist of consummate skill;
Masternoun
a person who has general authority over others
Masternoun
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
Masternoun
directs the work of other
Masternoun
presiding officer of a school
Masternoun
an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
Masternoun
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Masternoun
someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
Masternoun
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
Masternoun
key that secures entrance everywhere
Masterverb
be or become completely proficient or skilled in;
Masterverb
get on top of; deal with successfully;
Masterverb
have dominance or the power to defeat over;
Masterverb
have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of;
Mistressnoun
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
Mistressnoun
A female teacher.
Mistressnoun
The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
Mistressnoun
A dominatrix.
Mistressnoun
A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
Mistressnoun
A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
Mistressnoun
(Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
Mistressnoun
(obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.
Mistressnoun
A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
Mistressverb
Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
Mistressverb
(intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.
Mistressnoun
A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
Mistressnoun
A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
Mistressnoun
A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
Mistressnoun
A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a woman having an ongoing usually exclusive sexual relationship with a man, who may provide her with financial support in return; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually; as, both his wife and his mistress attended his funeral.
Mistressnoun
A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
Mistressnoun
A married woman; a wife.
Mistressnoun
The old name of the jack at bowls.
Mistressverb
To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
Mistressnoun
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
Mistressnoun
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
Mistressnoun
a woman master who directs the work of others
