Master, master's or masters may refer to:

Ranks or titles

In education: *

Master (college) A head of college or head of house is the head or senior member of a college within a collegiate university. The title used varies between colleges, including dean, master, president, principal, provost, rector and warden. The role of the head ...

, head of a college *

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate 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 prac ...

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

Schoolmaster A schoolmaster, or simply master, is a male school teacher. The usage first occurred in England in the Late Middle Ages and early modern period. At that time, most schools were one-room or two-room schools and had only one or two such teacher ...

or master, presiding officer of a school In military: *

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. In the Royal Navy, the master was originally a warrant officer who ranked with, but after, the lieutena ...

, a former naval rank *

Master mariner A master mariner is a licensed mariner who holds the highest grade of licensed seafarer qualification; namely, a master's license. A master mariner is therefore allowed to serve as the captain (nautical), master of a merchant ship for which natio ...

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

sea captain A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel. The captain is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the ship, inc ...

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 Historically, a master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. The title survives as the highest professional qualification in craft industries. In the European guild#organization, gui ...

, in the Medieval guilds In other: *

Master (form of address) Master is an English honorific for boys and young men. It is usually abbreviated to MSTR or Mstr. Etymology ''Master'' was used in England for men of some rank, especially "free masters" of a trade guild and by any manual worker or servant employ ...

, 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 ...

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

Master (Peerage of Scotland) The heir apparent or heir presumptive to a Scottish peerage is known as a Master, or a Mistress if the heir is female. The heir's style is "The Master of eerage or "The Mistress of eerage. If the master is an heir apparent, and the peerage has ...

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

, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline *

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

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

Station master The station master (or stationmaster) is the person in charge of a Train station, railway station, particularly in the United Kingdom and many other countries outside North America. In the United Kingdom, where the term originated, it is now lar ...

, formerly the person in charge of railway stations * Slave master, an owner of victims of slavery

Aircraft and vehicles

Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master The Aermacchi M-346 Master is a family of military Twinjet, twin-engine transonic advanced jet trainers and light combat aircraft. Originally co-developed with Yakovlev as the Yak/AEM-130, the partnership was dissolved in 2000 and then Alenia Ae ...

, an Italian military transonic trainer aircraft *

Miles Master The Miles M.9 Master was a British two-seat monoplane advanced trainer designed and built by aviation company Miles Aircraft, Miles Aircraft Ltd. It was inducted in large numbers into both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Fleet Air Arm (FAA) durin ...

, a British 2-seat training aircraft during the Second World War *

Renault Master The Renault Master is a large van produced by the French manufacturer Renault since 1980, now in its third generation. It replaced the earlier Renault Super Goélette light trucks. Opel has sold versions of the second and third series vans as ...

, a van

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Master (''Manos''), the head villain in the horror movie ''Manos: The Hands of Fate'' * Masters (''The Tripods''), a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's ''The Tripods'' trilogy * Master (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), a recurring villain in the fantasy television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Master (''Master and Margarita''), a character from the Mikhail Bulgakov novel * The Master (''Doctor Who''), a recurring villain in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' ** ''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''), a character in the 1997 video game ''Fallout'' *The Master, a nickname for

Ancient One The Ancient One is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, ...

(Marvel Comics) *The Master, the player's character in the Nintendo game series ''

ActRaiser is a 1990 video game developed by Quintet and published by Enix for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It combines traditional side-scrolling platforming and sections with city building elements. A sequel, '' ActRaiser 2'', was releas ...

'' *The Master, an optional three-time boss Toad Sensei in ''

Paper Mario ''Paper Mario'' is a video game series and part of the ''Mario'' franchise, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It combines elements from the role-playing, action-adventure, and puzzle genres. Players control a ...

'' *The Master, a title character in the novel ''

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in ''Moscow (magazine), Moscow'' magazine in ...

'' *The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from ''

Power Rangers Mystic Force ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'' is the fourteenth season of the television series ''Power Rangers'' and is based on the 29th ''Super Sentai'' tokusatsu series '' Mahō Sentai Magiranger''. The season premiered on February 20, 2006 as part of the ...

'' *The Master, a character from the Adult Swim television series ''

The Venture Bros. ''The Venture Bros.'' is an American adult animated action comedy television series created by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Following a pilot episode on February 16, 2003, the s ...

'' *The Master, character in the manga series '' Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!''

Films

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

Literature

* ''The Master'' (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín * ''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 is a novel by the Nobel Prize winning Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. First published in serial form in 1951, Kawabata considered it his finest work. Sharply distinct from the rest of his literary output, ''The Master of Go'' is the only one ...

'', a 1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata * ''The Master'', an 1895 best-selling novel by

Israel Zangwill Israel Zangwill (21 January 18641 August 1926) was a British author at the forefront of Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and became the ...

* ''The Master'', a 2021 biography of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey

Music and audio

Mastering (audio) Mastering is a form of audio post production which is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the Audio mixing (recorded music), final mix to a data storage device called a master recording, the source ...

, a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape * Musicians and bands **

Master (American band) Master is an American death metal band led by Paul Speckmann. Originally formed in Chicago, the band later relocated to Uherské Hradiště, Czechia. History The group was originally formed by Speckmann in 1983 as Death Strike, after the demi ...

, a Czech-American death metal band *** ''Master'', their 1990 album ** Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band *** ''Master'', their 1987 album **

Bojan Adamič Bojan Adamič a.k.a. Master (; 9 August 1912 – 3 November 1995), Slovene Partisans nom de guerre Gregor, was a well-known Slovene composer of jazz, the Slovenian song festival music, and particularly film scores. He was also an avid photograph ...

(1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene composer of jazz, song festival and film music * Albums (by date) ** ''The Master'' (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye ** ''The Master...'' (Pepper Adams album) (1980) ** ''The Master'' (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982 ** ''The Master'' (Jimmy Raney album) (1983) ** ''The Masters'', a 1998 compilation album by

The Stranglers The Stranglers are an English rock music, rock band formed in 1974. Scoring 23 UK top 40 singles and 20 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving bands to have originated in the ...

** ''The Master'' (Rakim album) (1999) ** ''Master'', a popular designation for ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' (EP), a 2001 record by ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' ** ''The Master'', a 2010 box set by

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitar, sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Hin ...

* Songs ** ''Master Song'', a song on the album ''

Songs of Leonard Cohen ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on December 27, 1967, on Columbia Records. More successful in Europe than in North America, ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' foreshadowed the kin ...

'' * Audio dramas ** ''Master'' (audio drama), in the ''Doctor Who'' series (2003) * Film soundtracks ** ''Master'' (soundtrack), 2020 soundtrack album to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master'' ** ''Master'' (score), 2021 film score to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master''

Television

* ''The Master'' (American TV series), a 1984 American television series starring Lee Van Cleef that aired on NBC * ''The Master'' (Australian game show), a 2006 Australian quiz show that aired on Seven Network * ''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 Curtis Piehau Iaukea III (September 15, 1937 – December 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Iaukea won championships in several of the major regional U.S. promotions, both as a single and in vari ...

, 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 Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachel ...

, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education

Sport

Masters Tournament The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the ...

, known as The Masters, one of the four men's golf major championships *

ATP World Tour Finals The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant tennis event in the men's annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their ...

, 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 Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

, a competition age classification used by many sports for older athletes **

Masters athletics Masters Athletics managed by World Masters Athletics is a class of the sport of athletics (sport), athletics for athletes of 35 years of age and over organized by World Masters Athletics. The events include track and field, road running and cross ...

, competition in the sport of athletics by older athletes ** Masters cycling, competition in cycling by older athletes **

Masters Football Masters Football was a six-a-side Indoor soccer, indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 were chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a senior club for which they played. Regiona ...

, six-a-side indoor football competition in UK for older athletes **

Masters Rugby League Masters Rugby League is a derivative of rugby league for a wide age range of older, semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials. Masters Rugby League started in Brisbane Australia (South East Queensland Masters Rugby League inc which is ...

, a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials **

Masters swimming Masters swimming is a special class of competitive swimming for swimmers 25 years and older. Premasters is normally included as well, from 18 years old (Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia) or 20 years old (Europe). In Canada te ...

, competition in swimming by older athletes *

Masters (curling) The Masters is a Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam event on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is the second Grand Slam event and first major on the women's and men's tour. The event is an amalgamation of the men's World Cup of Curling ...

, an annual Grand Slam of Curling event *

Masters Cup (disc golf) The Masters Cup is an annual disc golf tournament held at DeLaveaga Disc Golf Course in Santa Cruz, California. The event features both amateur and professional divisions. The 23rd annual Masters Cup was held April 18–20 (amateur) and May 2–4 ...

, an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour * PDC World Masters, a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation *

Masters (snooker) The Masters is a professional invitational snooker tournament. Held every year since 1975 Masters (snooker), 1975, it is the second-longest-running professional snooker tournament after the World Snooker Championship, World Championship. It is ...

, professional invitational snooker tournament * USBC Masters, professional ten-pin bowling tournament *

World Masters (darts) The World Masters is a darts tournament, initially organised by the British Darts Organisation from 1974 and later by the World Darts Federation. It is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments. The tournament ...

, professional darts tournament

Other uses

MASTER 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 office ...

, a Russian network of telescopes *

Master (software) Master is a version of DeepMind's Go software AlphaGo, named after the account name (originally Magister/Magist) used online, which won 60 straight online games against human professional Go players from 29 December 2016 to 4 January 2017. This ver ...

, pseudonym AlphaGo, artificial intelligence Computer Go program *

Master Lock Master Lock is an American company that sells padlocks, combination locks, safes, and related security products. Now a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Innovations, Master Lock Company LLC was formed in 1921 by locksmithing, locksmith-inventor Harry ...

, a brand of padlock *

Master recordings Master recordings, or simply masters, are the original recordings—including post-recording mixes and production edits—of audio performances, from which all analog and digital copies of the audio are derived from. The term refers only to the r ...

, the original of a visual or sound recording *

Master/slave (BDSM) In BDSM, Master/slave, M/s or sexual slavery is a relationship in which one individual serves another in a consensual authority-exchange structured relationship. Unlike Dominant/ submissive structures found in BDSM in which love is often the co ...

, consensual role-playing in a sexual relationship *

Master–slave (technology) In engineering, master–slave is a relationship between two systems in which one controls the other. In some cases one master controls just one slave system, but in others there are multiple slave systems controlled by the same master. Sometimes ...

, a model of communication *

Masters Home Improvement Masters Home Improvement was an Australian home improvement chain operated by two retailers; Woolworths and Lowe's. It was established as a way for Woolworths to enter the hardware retail market, which has been historically dominated by Bunning ...

, a former Australian hardware retailer *

Master System The is an 8-bit Third generation of video game consoles, third-generation home video game console manufactured and developed by Sega. It was originally a remodeled export version of the Sega Mark III, the third iteration of the SG-1000 series ...

, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console