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masterPrimary, controlling. See master-slave communications and master file. master 1. a great artist, esp an anonymous but influential artist 2. the principal of some colleges 3. a graduate holding a master's degree 4. the chief executive officer aboard a merchant ship 5. Chiefly Brit a male teacher 6. an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature subordinate to a judge 7. a machine or device that operates to control a similar one 8. the heir apparent of a Scottish viscount or baron master [′mas·tər] (engineering) A device which controls subsidiary devices. A precise workpiece through which duplicates are made. (engineering acoustics) (navigation)
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| I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master con- cerning it. All others being excluded from the tent, this attendant relieved his master from the more burdensome parts of his armour, and placed food and wine before him, which the exertions of the day rendered very acceptable. The magistrates soon began to suspect that the mint master would have the best of the bargain. |
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