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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mas-terz, mah-sterz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæs tərz, ˈmɑ stərz



Definition of masters

Origin :
  • late 14c., originally a degree giving one authority to teach in a university; from master (n.) in its general sense of "man of learning" (early 13c.), "a teacher" (c.1200).
  • noun person in charge, female or male
  • noun expert, skilled person, female or male
  • verb learn; become proficient
Example sentences :
  • Once more the Egyptians were masters within their own house.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Your squires are doubtless worthy the fame of their masters.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The masters must have hated the school much more than the boys did.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • In your choice of a son-in-law you should not blindly follow the anger which masters you.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • The work was done by the natives, but under the direction of their masters, the Dutch.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Two masters of Greenlandmen were employed as pilots for each ship.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Mr. Milliken was the first of Edison's masters, and perhaps his fellows, who appreciated him.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Evidently the masters used to buy their fish from the market in the corner.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • No institution was ever more popular; no masters more beloved.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • It was a race which should get there first; masters and boys ran together.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

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