Толковый словарь английского языка - master

I. noun see: much Date: before 12th century 1. a. a male teacher, a person holding an academic degree higher than a bachelor's but lower than a doctor's, a revered religious leader, a worker or artisan qualified to teach apprentices, d. an artist, performer, or player of consummate skill, a great figure of the past (as in science or art) whose work serves as a model or ideal, 2. one having authority over another ; ruler, governor, one that conquers or ~s ; victor, superior , a person licensed to command a merchant ship, d. one having control, an owner especially of a slave or animal, the employer especially of a servant, f. husband, the male head of a household, 3. a. Mr., a youth or boy too young to be called mister, the eldest son of a Scottish viscount or baron, 4. a presiding officer in an institution or society (as a college), any of several officers of court appointed to assist (as by hearing and reporting) a judge, 5. a ~ mechanism or device, an original from which copies can be made, ~ship noun II. adjective Date: 12th century being or relating to a ~: as, having chief authority ; dominant, skilled, proficient , principal, predominant, superlative, being a device or mechanism that controls the operation of another mechanism or that establishes a standard (as a dimension or weight), being or relating to a ~ from which duplicates are made, III. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 13th century to become ~ of ; overcome , 2. to become skilled or proficient in the use of , to gain a thorough understanding of , to produce a ~ recording of (as a musical rendition)