- Master (band)
Master is a death metal band formed in Chicago, USA in 1983 as the band Warcry fell apart. Shortly after however, the band was put on hold due to internal problems. Paul Speckmann then formed the band Death Strike, which in 1985 he renamed to Master...
, an American death metal band
- Master (Russian band)
This article is about the Russian thrash metal band. For the American death metal band, see Master . For other uses see Master.Master is a thrash metal band from Russia, founded in 1987 by Alik Granovsky, Andrey Bolshakov, Kirill Pokrovsky and Igor Molchanov who left heavy metal band Aria due to...
, a Russian thrash metal band
- Master (Doctor Who)
The Master is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a renegade Time Lord and the archenemy of the Doctor....
, a Doctor Who villain
- Master (Doctor Who audio)
Master is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It forms a trilogy with Omega and Davros to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show...
, a Doctor Who audio drama
- Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a Buffy the Vampire Slayer villain
- Masters (The Tripods)
The Masters are a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy. They are first mentioned and seen in chapter 6 of The City of Gold and Lead.-Biology:According to Will, the chief protagonist:...
, a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy
- Master (film)
Master is a 1997 Telugu film directed by Suresh Krishna and produced by Allu Aravind. Chiranjeevi played the lead role as Sakshi Sivanand, Puneet Issar, and Sathya Prakash played other roles. Music was composed by Deva while cinematography was handled by Chota K...
, a 1997 Telugu-language film
- Masters athletics (track and field)
Masters athletics is a class of track and field competition featuring five-year age groups beginning at age 35. Men as old as 104 and women in their 90s have competed in running, jumping and throwing events...
, a competition age classification used by many sports
- Masters Tournament, one of golf's four major championships
- Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour
- Masters (snooker)
The Masters , is a professional snooker tournament...
, a snooker tournament
- Masters football
Masters football is a 6 a-side indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 are chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a senior club for which they played for. Regional heats are held, and the winners of each go forward to a national...
, a football league in Britain contested by retired footballing legends
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the second tier of men's tennis, comprising nine annual tournaments
- Tennis Masters Cup, a tennis tournament
- Masters Rugby League
Masters Rugby League is a derivative of rugby league for a wide age range of older, semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials. Masters Rugby League started in New Zealand in 1992 and has since grown in popularity, spreading to Australia and more recently to the United...
, a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials
- Magnolia Beverage Masters, Philippine basketball
- Tanduay Rhum Masters
The Tanduay Rhum Masters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League basketball team.-History:...
, defunct Philippine basketball team
- Master craftsman
A master craftsman or master tradesman was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only masters were allowed to be members of the guild....
in the Medieval guildA guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade.The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel and a secret society...
s.
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Arts and entertainment
- Master (band)
Master is a death metal band formed in Chicago, USA in 1983 as the band Warcry fell apart. Shortly after however, the band was put on hold due to internal problems. Paul Speckmann then formed the band Death Strike, which in 1985 he renamed to Master...
, an American death metal band
- Master (Russian band)
This article is about the Russian thrash metal band. For the American death metal band, see Master . For other uses see Master.Master is a thrash metal band from Russia, founded in 1987 by Alik Granovsky, Andrey Bolshakov, Kirill Pokrovsky and Igor Molchanov who left heavy metal band Aria due to...
, a Russian thrash metal band
- Master (Doctor Who)
The Master is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a renegade Time Lord and the archenemy of the Doctor....
, a Doctor Who villain
- Master (Doctor Who audio)
Master is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It forms a trilogy with Omega and Davros to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show...
, a Doctor Who audio drama
- Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a Buffy the Vampire Slayer villain
- Masters (The Tripods)
The Masters are a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy. They are first mentioned and seen in chapter 6 of The City of Gold and Lead.-Biology:According to Will, the chief protagonist:...
, a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy
- Master (film)
Master is a 1997 Telugu film directed by Suresh Krishna and produced by Allu Aravind. Chiranjeevi played the lead role as Sakshi Sivanand, Puneet Issar, and Sathya Prakash played other roles. Music was composed by Deva while cinematography was handled by Chota K...
, a 1997 Telugu-language film
Sports
- Masters athletics (track and field)
Masters athletics is a class of track and field competition featuring five-year age groups beginning at age 35. Men as old as 104 and women in their 90s have competed in running, jumping and throwing events...
, a competition age classification used by many sports
- Masters Tournament, one of golf's four major championships
- Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour
- Masters (snooker)
The Masters , is a professional snooker tournament...
, a snooker tournament
- Masters football
Masters football is a 6 a-side indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 are chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a senior club for which they played for. Regional heats are held, and the winners of each go forward to a national...
, a football league in Britain contested by retired footballing legends
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the second tier of men's tennis, comprising nine annual tournaments
- Tennis Masters Cup, a tennis tournament
- Masters Rugby League
Masters Rugby League is a derivative of rugby league for a wide age range of older, semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials. Masters Rugby League started in New Zealand in 1992 and has since grown in popularity, spreading to Australia and more recently to the United...
, a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials
- Magnolia Beverage Masters, Philippine basketball
- Tanduay Rhum Masters
The Tanduay Rhum Masters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League basketball team.-History:...
, defunct Philippine basketball team
Ranks and titles
- Master craftsman
A master craftsman or master tradesman was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only masters were allowed to be members of the guild....
in the Medieval guildA guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade.The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel and a secret society...
s. Many modern usages of "master" are directly or indirectly derived from this one.
- Master (form of address)
Master is an English title.- In English and Welsh society :Master was used in England for men of some rank, especially "free masters" of a trade guild and by any manual worker or servant employee to his employer , but also generally by those lower in status to gentlemen, priests or scholars...
, a title
- Master's degree
A master's degree is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline
- Master (college)
A Master is the title of the head of some colleges and other educational institutions. This applies especially at some colleges and institutions at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge .- See also :* Master A Master (or in female form Mistress) is the title of the head of some...
, head of a college
- Chess master
A chess master is a chess player of such skill that he/she can usually beat chess experts, who themselves typically can nearly always prevail against most amateurs...
, a rank of chess player
- Master (judiciary)
A Master is judicial officer found in the courts of England and in numerous other jurisdictions based on the common law tradition. A master's jurisdiction is generally confined to civil proceedings and is a subset of that of a judge. Masters are typically involved in hearing motions, case...
, a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions
- Master (naval)
The master, or sailing master, was a historic term for a naval officer trained in and responsible for the navigation of a sailing vessel...
, a former rank of the United States Navy
- Master (Peerage of Scotland)
The heir-apparent or heir presumptive to a Scottish peerage is known as a Master, or Mistress if the heir is female.The heir's style is The Master of [Peerage] or The Mistress of [Peerage]. If the master is an heir-apparent, and the peerage has subsidiary titles that could be used as a courtesy...
, the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- Master-at-arms
A Master-at-Arms is a rating responsible for discipline aboard a naval ship.-Royal Navy:The term has the senior rating, comparable in many respects to the Regimental Sergeant Major in the Army and the Station Warrant Officer in the Royal Air Force...
, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy
- Master, a common English translation for various titles such as Sifu
Sifu is the identical pronunciation of two Chinese terms for a master. The character 師 means “teacher”. The meaning of 傅 is “tutor”, and of 父, “father”. Both characters are read fu with the same tones in Cantonese and Mandarin, creating some ambiguity...
given to instrutors or mentors in Asian Martial artsMartial arts or fighting arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat...
.
Religion
- The Masters may refer to the Ascended masters, a group of beings believed in Theosophy
Theosophy is a doctrine of religious philosophy and metaphysics. Theosophy holds that all religions are attempts by the "Spiritual Hierarchy" to help humanity in evolving to greater perfection, and that each religion therefore has a portion of the truth...
and in the Theosophy derived Ascended Master TeachingsStudents of Ascended Master Teachings organizations believe that the Presence of Life - God - Individualizes as the "I AM" and incarnates throughout the created universes. They believe that their Teachings have been given to humanity by the Ascended Masters...
to be the governing deitiesA deity is a postulated preternatural or supernatural immortal being, who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, and respected by believers....
of EarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun. It is the fifth largest of the eight planets in the solar system, and the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in terms of diameter, mass and density...
.
Surnames
The
surnameA surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning first appeared in 1375. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name". It is also known as a "last name". In some cultures, the surname may...
Masters is of
NormanThe Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
origin, thought to be probably an anglicized form of the French
Maystres,
Maystre, or
Maistre.
- Masters and Johnson
The Masters and Johnson research team, composed of William Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s....
, sexologists
- Charles Harcourt Masters
Charles Harcourt Masters was an English surveyor and architect in Bath.He made a set of maps of Bath turnpike roads in 1786. In 1789 made a scale model of Bath which he displayed at his home, 21 Old Orchard Street, and later in London: the plans were published in 1794...
(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
Edgar Lee Masters was an American poet, biographer, and dramatist...
(1869-1950), an American poet
- Ian Masters (songwriter)
Ian Masters is a multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/producer.He is best-known for being a founding member of the English indie pop band Pale Saints. Masters was their vocalist/bassist from their formation in 1987 until his departure from the group in 1992...
- Ian Masters (broadcaster)
Ian Masters is a British television broadcaster, commentator, author, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.Masters worked for the BBC for more than 25 years with the BBC, firstly presenting news and current affairs programmes...
- Ian Masters (journalist)
- John Masters
Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO was an English officer in the British Indian Army and novelist. His works are noted for their treatment of the British Empire in India.-Life:...
(1914–1983), an English soldier and novelist
- Mark Masters
Mark Masters is the president, CEO, and co-owner of Talk Radio Network and its subsidiaries....
, an American radio company owner
- Martha Masters
Martha Masters is a renowned American classical guitarist. She won the 2000 Guitar Foundation of America international solo competition. Masters is the Executive Vice-president of the GFA...
, American classical guitarist, winner of the year 2000 Guitar Foundation of AmericaGuitar Foundation of America is the leading guitar organization founded in the year 1973. The company offer various services ranging from Guitar Lessons, to a Guitar Shop, Competitions and Events. The company is non profit and relies on advertisers on the website and events and donations...
international solo competition.
- Maxwell T. Masters
Maxwell Tylden Masters was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was educated at King's College London and the University of St Andrews...
, British botanist
- Roy Masters (radio presenter)
Roy Masters is an English radio commentator and author based in southern Oregon, United States. He discusses Christianity, psychology, and philosophy...
, 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 uses
- Master recording
A master recording is an original recording, from which copies may be made.When recording on to magnetic or digital tape, the original tape is known as the master tape.When recording on to a computer hard disk, it is known as session files....
, the original of a visual or sound recording
- Sega Master System
The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986. Its original Japanese incarnation was the Sega Mark III...
, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console
- Master, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
- Master Lock
Master Lock is the world's largest importer of padlocks, combination locks and related security products for automotive and outdoor needs including home and yard, contractors, power sports, campus and bike needs...
, a brand of padlock
- Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, an Italian military transonic trainer aircraft
- The Masters School
The Masters School, known as "Masters", is a private, coeducational boarding and day preparatory school in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Originally founded as an girl-on-girl school in 1877 by Eliza Bailey Masters, the school first admitted boys in 1996. Its campus is located near Manhattan in the...
, an independent school in New York
- Master (BDSM)
In BDSM, Master is one of the honorifics some people use to describe the dominant partner or "owner" in a Master/slave relationship. Because it is an honorific of the dominant form, it is usual for it to be written with a capital letter....
, the dominant partner in a relationship
- A form address for a boy or young man
See also
- Maestro
Maestro is a title of extreme respect given to a master musician. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera. This is associated with the ubiquitous use of Italian vocabulary for classical music terms...
- Miss
Miss is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman . Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women. A period is not used to signify the contraction...
- Mister (disambiguation)
- Mistress
Mistress is an old form of address for a woman. It implies "lady of the house", especially a woman who is head of a household.An example is Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. The title did not necessarily distinguish between married and unmarried women.The title Mrs. is...
and Mrs.Mrs or Mrs. is an English honorific used for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title, such as “Dr”, “Lady” or “Dame”. The pronunciation varies regionally but is usually...
- The Master (disambiguation)
- Meister (surname)
Meister is a family name, and may refer to:*Alton Meister , U.S. biochemist*Erwin Meister, Swiss entrepreneur*Eric Meister, Registered pharmacist*John Meister , U.S. baseball player...