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'''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]]
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