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Master

Master (one possessing control or authority) or '''Masters''' may refer to:

Social and Spiritual

- Master (form of address), a title.
- Master craftsman, a fully qualified artisan or craftsman, originally as rank in a guild.
- Sensei, a Japanese title of respect widely used to refer to teachers, doctors, and senior figures in the arts world.
- Guru, a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
- A renowned teacher of spirituality.
- Ascended Master|Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, beings believed in Theosophy to constitute the Spiritual Hierarchy of Earth (also called the Great White Brotherhood).
- Master (BDSM), honorific some people use to describe the dominant partner in a relationship.
- Master race, a Nazi ideology, see also Herrenvolk.
- Slavemaster, a person who manages slaves.
- Gangmaster, a person who provides workers for agricultural purposes.

Arts and entertainment

- Maestro, an Italian (and Spanish word) for a skilled and experienced (usually non-academic) musician, especially a conductor, or an instructor, as in dance maestro, fencing maestro, drawing maestro etc.
- Old Master, certain esteemed European painters who worked before 1800.
- Old master print, a print made by the Old Masters.
- Master (record label), a jazz record label (1930s).
- Master (band), an American death metal band.
- Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band.
- Master (Doctor Who)|The Master, a ''Doctor Who'' villain.
- Master (Doctor Who audio)|''Master'' (Doctor Who audio), a ''Doctor Who'' audio drama.
- 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)|''Master'' (film), a 1997 Telugu-language film
- The Master (film)|''The Master'' (film), a 1989 Hong Kong action/adventure film.
- The Masters Apprentices, a 60's Australian rock band

Sport

- masters (sport) - a competition age classification used by many sports, examples include the World Masters Games, Masters athletics (track and field), Masters football, Masters Rugby League, Masters Australian football|Masters Australian football and bodybuilding
- 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 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.
- ATP Masters Series, the second tier of men's tennis (below the four Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slams) comprising nine annual tournaments
- 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
- Tanduay Rhum Masters, defunct Philippine basketball team

Ranks and titles

- Worshipful Master|Master ''or'' Worshipful Master, the presiding officer of a Masonic Lodge
- [[Master's degree|Master of academic subject]], a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline.
- Master, traditional title of the chief administrative officer of some colleges of the universities of List of heads of the colleges of the University of Cambridge|Cambridge, Durham, and Oxford.
- Master of the United College, the head of the United College at the University of St Andrews.
- Master (judiciary), a low (or lowest, in some jurisdictions) rank of judge or judicial official
- Master (naval), a former rank of the United States Navy (now called lieutenant, junior grade.)
- Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- Master Aircrew, the highest non-commissioned rank held by aircrew in the Royal Air Force, equivalent to Warrant Officer in other branches
- Master Cadet, the highest non-commissioned rank within the Sea Cadet Corps of the New Zealand Cadet Forces.
- Master Corporal, an appointment of Corporal in the army and air force elements of the Canadian Forces
- Master craftsman, a member of a guild
- 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 Sergeant, a non-commissioned officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces and the United States Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps
- Master tradesman, a person who has a greater level of skill than most in the licensed trades
- Master Warrant Officer, the second highest non-commissioned rank in the army and air force elements of the Canadian Forces.
- Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy
- Special master, a quasi-judicial legal officer
- Sailing_master#Sailing_master|Sailing Master, the warrant officer responsible for the navigation and steering of a sailing vessel during the Age of Sail.
- Jedi master, a rank in the fictional Star Wars Jedi Order

Education

- The Masters School, an independent school in New York.
- Outcomes-based education|Mastery education, the belief that students must demonstrate mastery of basic material before advancing

Proper names

Surname

The surname Masters is of Normans|Norman origin and it is thought that it is probably an anglicized 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

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
- Master Lock, importer of padlocks, combination locks, and security products
- Operation Hydra#Bomber Command Operation Order No. 176|Master Bomber, a military commander in an aircraft who directs a bombing attack (e.g., Operation Bellicose and Operation Hydra in World War II).
- Sega Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console
- List of Battle Arena Toshinden characters#Master|Master, a character in the ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' fighting game series

Technological uses

- Master-slave (technology), one device controlling the operation of other devices.
- Master, the original of a document or other copied item.
- 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.

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