Master, master's or masters may refer to:

Ranks or titles

In education: *Master (college), head of a college *Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline *Schoolmaster or master, presiding officer of a school In military: *Master (naval), a former naval rank *Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine *Master or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel *Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy In orders and organizations: *Master craftsman, in the Medieval guilds In other: *Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men *Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions *Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland *Master of ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance *Maestro, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline *Old Master, a term for a recognized Western painter active before circa 1800 *Station master, formerly the person in charge of railway stations *Slave master, an owner of victims of slavery

Aircraft and vehicles

*Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, an Italian military transonic trainer aircraft *Miles Master, a British 2-seat training aircraft during the Second World War *Renault Master, a van

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

*Master (Manos), Master (''Manos''), the head villain in the horror movie ''Manos: The Hands of Fate'' *Masters (The Tripods), Masters (''The Tripods''), a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's ''The Tripods'' trilogy *Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Master (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), a recurring villain in the fantasy television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' *Master (Master and Margarita), Master (''Master and Margarita''), a character from the Mikhail Bulgakov novel *The Master (Doctor Who), The Master (''Doctor Who''), a recurring villain in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' **The Master (The Doctor Who Role Playing Game), ''The Master'' (The Doctor Who Role Playing Game), a supplement for ''The Doctor Who Role-playing Game'' about The Doctor's nemesis *The Master (Fallout), The Master (''Fallout''), a character in the 1997 video game ''Fallout'' *The Master, a nickname for Ancient One (Marvel Comics) *The Master, the player's character in the Nintendo game series ''ActRaiser'' *The Master, an optional three-time boss Toad Sensei in ''Paper Mario'' *The Master, a title character in the novel ''The Master and Margarita'' *The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from ''Villains in Power Rangers: Mystic Force, Power Rangers Mystic Force'' *The Master, a character from the Adult Swim television series ''The Venture Bros.'' *The Master, character in the manga series ''The Master (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!), Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!''

Films

*Master (1997 film), ''Master'' (1997 film), an Indian Telugu-language film *Master (2016 film), ''Master'' (2016 film), a South Korean film *Master (2021 film), ''Master'' (2021 film), an Indian Tamil-language film *Master (2022 film), ''Master'' (2022 film), an American film *The Master (1980 film), ''The Master'' (1980 film), a Hong Kong film *The Master (1992 film), ''The Master'' (1992 film), a Hong Kong film *The Master (2005 film), ''The Master'' (2005 film), a Polish film *The Master (2009 film), ''The Master'' (2009 film), a Turkish film *The Master (2012 film), ''The Master'' (2012 film), an American film *The Master (2015 film), ''The Master'' (2015 film), a Chinese film *The Master (2016 film), ''The Master'' (2016 film), an animated Lego short *Masters (film), ''Masters'' (film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language film

Literature

* The Master (novel), ''The Master'' (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín * The Masters (novel), ''The Masters'' (novel), a 1951 novel in the ''Strangers and Brothers'' sequence by C. P. Snow * ''The Master: An Adventure Story'', a 1957 science fiction novel for children by T. H. White * ''The Master of Go'', a 1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata * ''The Master'', an 1895 best-selling novel by Israel Zangwill * ''The Master'', a 2021 biography of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey

Music and audio

* Mastering (audio), a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape * Musicians and bands ** Master (American band), a Czech-American death metal band *** ''Master'', their 1990 album ** Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band *** ''Master'', their 1987 album ** Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene composer of jazz, song festival and film music * Albums (by date) ** The Master (1961–1984), ''The Master'' (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye ** The Master (Pepper Adams album), ''The Master...'' (Pepper Adams album) (1980) ** The Master (Stan Getz album), ''The Master'' (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982 ** The Master (Jimmy Raney album), ''The Master'' (Jimmy Raney album) (1983) ** ''The Masters'', a 1998 compilation album by The Stranglers ** The Master (Rakim album), ''The Master'' (Rakim album) (1999) ** ''Master'', a popular designation for Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP), ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' (EP), a 2001 record by ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' ** ''The Master'', a 2010 box set by Ravi Shankar * Songs ** ''Master Song'', a song on the album ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' * Audio dramas ** Master (audio drama), ''Master'' (audio drama), in the ''Doctor Who'' series (2003) * Film soundtracks ** Master (soundtrack), ''Master'' (soundtrack), 2020 soundtrack album to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master'' ** Master (score), ''Master'' (score), 2021 film score to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master''

Television

*The Master (American TV series), ''The Master'' (American TV series), a 1984 American television series starring Lee Van Cleef that aired on NBC *The Master (Australian game show), ''The Master'' (Australian game show), a 2006 Australian quiz show that aired on Seven Network *The Master (Indonesian TV series), ''The Master'' (Indonesian TV series), a 2009 Indonesian magic show television series

People

* The Master (born 1970), Masami Hirosaka, Japanese radio-controlled racer * The Master (1937-2010), ring name of King Curtis Iaukea, wrestler * The Master (born 1954), nickname of Vietnamese-American poker player Men Nguyen *Masters (surname)

Places

*Master, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran *Masters, Colorado, USA; a ghost town in the United States

Schools

*Master's Academy & College, Canadian school in Calgary, Alberta *Masters School, an American independent school in New York * Master's Degree, a type of post-graduate education received at a graduate school, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education

Sport

*Masters Tournament, known as The Masters, one of the four men's golf major championships *ATP World Tour Finals, the season-ending tournament on the ATP tour known in the past as The Masters (derived from 'Masters Grand Prix' and subsequently 'Tennis Masters Cup')

Other sports

*Senior sport, a competition age classification used by many sports for older athletes **Masters athletics, competition in the sport of athletics by older athletes **Masters cycling, competition in cycling by older athletes **Masters Football, six-a-side indoor football competition in UK for older athletes **Masters Rugby League, a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials **Masters swimming, competition in swimming by older athletes *Masters (curling), an annual Grand Slam of Curling event *Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour *PDC World Masters, a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation *Masters (snooker), professional invitational snooker tournament *USBC Masters, professional ten-pin bowling tournament *World Masters (darts), professional darts tournament

Other uses

*MASTER, a Russian network of telescopes *Master (software), pseudonym AlphaGo, artificial intelligence Computer Go program *Master Lock, a brand of padlock *Master recordings, the original of a visual or sound recording *Master/slave (BDSM), consensual role-playing in a sexual relationship *Master–slave (technology), a model of communication *Masters Home Improvement, a former Australian hardware retailer *Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console