Master 277726 226000715 2008-07-16T11:39:07Z 118.71.113.230 /* Arts and entertainment */ {{wiktionarypar|master}} {{TOCright}} '''Master''' (one possessing control or authority) or '''Masters''' may refer to: * [[Guru]], a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. * A renowned teacher of [[spirituality]]. * [[Maestro]], a skilled, usually non-academic, instructor, as in Dance Master, Music Master, Fencing Master, Drawing Master etc. * [[Master (BDSM)]], honorific some people use to describe the dominant partner in a relationship. * [[Master (form of address)]], a title. * [[Master craftsman]], a fully qualified artisan or craftsman, originally as rank in a guild. * [[Master race]], a Nazi ideology, see also [[Herrenvolk]]. * [[Ascended Master|Masters of the Ancient Wisdom]], beings believed in [[Theosophy]] to constitute the [[Spiritual Hierarchy]] of [[Earth]] (also called the [[Great White Brotherhood]]). * [[Sensei]], a Japanese title used to refer to authority figures. * [[Slavemaster]], a person who manages slaves. ==Arts and entertainment== * [[Old Master]], certain esteemed European painters who worked before 1800 ** [[Old master print]], a print made by the Old Masters * [[Master (recordlabel)]], a jazzrecord-label (1930's) * [[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 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 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. ==Sport== * [[Masters Rugby League]], a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials. * [[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 athletics (track and field)]], 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. * [[Chess master]], a particularly skilled chess player ** [[FIDE Master]], [[International Master]], and [[International Grandmaster]], etc. * [[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 * In [[bodybuilding]], Masters is an aged-related competitive classification, usually referring to a competitor aged 40-49. ==Ranks and titles== * [[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 * [[Worshipful Master|Master ''or'' Worshipful Master]], the presiding officer of a [[Masonic Lodge]] * [[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== * Master, traditional title of the [[head teacher]] of some colleges of the universities of [[List of heads of the colleges of the University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], Durham, and Oxford. * [[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. * [[The Masters School]], an independent school in New York. * [[Schoolmaster]], a male school teacher. This usage survives in British public schools, but is generally obsolete elsewhere. * [[Headmaster]], the most senior teacher in a school (British usage). * [[Master of the Children]], for the choir boys. * [[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). == Other uses == * [[Gangmaster]], a person who provides workers for agricultural purposes. * [[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 recording. ==See also== * [[The Master (disambiguation)]] * [[Meister (surname)]] * [[Mistress]] * [[Mister]] * [[Grand master]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split]] [[de:Master (Begriffsklärung)]] [[fr:Master]] [[it:Master]] [[nl:Masters]] [[ja:マスター]] [[no:Masters]] [[pt:Master]] [[ru:Мастер (значения)]] [[sv:Husbonde]] [[vi:Thạc sĩ]] [[yi:הער]]