Master or masters may refer to:

Ranks or titles

* Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Master, International Master, FIDE Master, Candidate Master, all ranks of chess player *

Grandmaster (martial arts) Grandmaster and Master are titles used to describe or address some senior or experienced martial artists. Typically these titles are honorary in nature, meaning that they do not confer rank, but rather distinguish the individual as very highly r ...

or Master, an honorary title * Grand master (order), a title denoting the head of an order or knighthood *

Grand Master (Freemasonry) A Grand Master is a title of honour as well as an office in Freemasonry, given to a freemason elected to oversee a Masonic jurisdiction, derived from the office of Grand Masters in chivalric orders. He presides over a Grand Lodge and has certa ...

, the head of a Grand Lodge and the highest rank of a Masonic organization *

Maestro Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning "master" or "teacher") is an honorific title of respect (plural: maestros or maestri). The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera, in line with the ubiqu ...

, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline *Master, a title of Jesus in the New Testament *Master or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel * Master (college), head of a college * Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men *

Master (judiciary) A master is a judge of limited jurisdiction in the superior courts of England and Wales and in numerous other jurisdictions based on the common law tradition. A master's jurisdiction is generally confined to civil proceedings and is a subset of th ...

, a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions *

Master mariner A master mariner is a licensed mariner who holds the highest grade of seafarer qualification; namely, an unlimited master's license. Such a license is labelled ''unlimited'' because it has no limits on the tonnage, power, or geographic location o ...

, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine *

Master (naval) The master, or sailing master, is a historical rank for a naval officer trained in and responsible for the navigation of a sailing vessel. The rank can be equated to a professional seaman and specialist in navigation, rather than as a military ...

, a former naval rank * Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland * Master craftsman, in the Medieval guilds * Master of ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance *

Master-at-arms A Master-at-Arms (US: MA; UK & some Commonwealth: MAA) may be a naval rating, responsible for law enforcement, regulating duties, security, anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) for/of a country's navy; an army officer responsible for physical ...

, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy *

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline *

Masters of the Ancient Wisdom The Masters of the Ancient Wisdom are claimed to be Spiritual enlightenment, enlightened beings originally identified by the Theosophy (Blavatskian), Theosophists Helena Blavatsky, Henry S. Olcott, Alfred Percy Sinnett, and others. These Theosop ...

, reputed to be enlightened beings originally identified by the founders of the Theosophical Society *

Old Master In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master")Old Masters De ...

, a term for a recognised Western painter active before circa 1800 *

Schoolmaster The word schoolmaster, or simply master, refers to a male school teacher. This usage survives in British independent schools, both secondary and preparatory, and a few Indian boarding schools (such as The Doon School) that were modelled afte ...

or master, presiding officer of a school *Slave owner, an owner of victims of

slavery Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

* Station master, formerly the person in charge of railway stations *Worshipful Master, the senior

Masonic lodge officer In Craft Freemasonry, sometimes known as Blue Lodge Freemasonry, every Masonic lodge elects or appoints Masonic lodge officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodge's life and work. The precise list of such offices may vary between the j ...

*Zen master, a somewhat vague English term, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen Buddhist meditation and practices

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'' *Villains in Power Rangers: Mystic Force, The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'' *The Master, a character from the adult swim television series ''The Venture Bros.'' *The Master (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!), The Master, character in the manga series ''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), a computer animated Lego short *Masters (film), ''Masters'' (film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language film

Literature

*''The Master'', an 1895 best-selling novel by Israel Zangwill *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 (novel), ''The Master'' (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín

Music and audio

*Mastering (audio), a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape *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'' *Master (American band), a Czech-American death metal band *Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band *Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene music composer *Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP), ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' (EP), a 2001 record by ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'', this EP also called "Master" *Master (album of Russian band Master), ''Master'' (album of Russian band Master), a 1987 album by Russian thrash metal band ''Master'' *Master (album of American band Master), ''Master'' (album of American band Master), a 1990 album by American band ''Master'' *Master (audio drama), ''Master'' (audio drama), in the ''Doctor Who'' series (2003) *The Master (1961–1984), ''The Master'' (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye *''The Master'', 2010 box set by Ravi Shankar *The Master (Pepper Adams album), ''The Master...'' (Pepper Adams album) (1980) *The Master (Jimmy Raney album), ''The Master'' (Jimmy Raney album) (1983) *The Master (Rakim album), ''The Master'' (Rakim album) (1999) *The Master (Stan Getz album), ''The Master'' (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982 *''The Masters'', compilation album by The Stranglers

Television and film

*An original camera negative, or other film print, duplicated or digitized to produce release prints and remasters *The Master (U.S. TV series), ''The Master'' (U.S. 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

*Masami Hirosaka (born 1966), known as Master Masami, Japanese radio-controlled racer *King Curtis Iaukea (1937–2010), wrestler, ring name The Master

Places

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

Schools

*Graduate school, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education (Master's degree) *Master's Academy & College, Canadian school in Calgary, Alberta *Masters School, an American independent school in New York

Sport

Golf

*Masters Tournament, known as The Masters, one of the four men's major championships *Australian Masters, a golf tournament held in Australia *British Masters, a golf tournament held in the United Kingdom *South African Masters, a golf tournament held in South Africa

Tennis

*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') *ATP World Tour Masters 1000, a series of top tier men's tennis tournaments on the ATP tour calendar

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 *Masters (darts), a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation *Masters (snooker), professional invitational snooker 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 recording, 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, an Australian Home Improvement Retailer *Sega Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console