Master
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Master (a man having control or authority) or Masters may refer to:
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[edit] Terms denoting skill, dominance or mastery
- Sensei, a Japanese title used to refer to authority figures
- Gangmaster - a person who provides workers for agricultural purposes
- 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 (form of address) cf. Mr.
- Master (BDSM), honorific some people use to describe the dominant partner in a relationship
- Slavemaster
- Master-slave (technical), one device controlling the operation of other devices
[edit] An original
- Master (original)—the original of a document or of a recording.
[edit] Entertainment
- Master (band), an American death metal band
- Master (Russian_band), a Russian thrash metal band
- 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 fictional 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, a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's, The Tripods trilogy
[edit] Sport
- Masters Cup, 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), 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.
- The Masters Tournament, one of golf's four major championships
- Chess master, a particularly skilled chess player
- FIDE Master, International Master, and International Grandmaster, etc.
- Tennis Masters Cup, a tennis tournament
[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
- 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 (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.
[edit] Education
- 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
- Headmaster
- Schoolmaster, a male school teacher. This usage survives in British public schools, but is generally obsolete elsewhere.
- The title of the heads of certain colleges at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge
[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.
- Edgar Lee Masters
- Roy Masters
- Ian Masters
- Mark Masters (Radio company owner)
[edit] Other
- Masters and Johnson (sexologists)
- Master Of Puppets (Metallica album, often referred to as simply Master)
- Masters of Deception (hacker group)
- The Puppet Masters (story)
- Masters of the Universe (TV cartoon)
- The Dancing Wu Li Masters
[edit] Also
- A sea going vessel having a given number of masts e.g. a three-master
