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+ | [[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''[[Creation of the Sun and Moon]]'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]] | ||
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+ | "[[No gods, no masters]]" | ||
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# someone who has [[control]] over something or someone | # someone who has [[control]] over something or someone | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Master-slave dialectic]] | *[[Master-slave dialectic]] | ||
+ | *[[Old master print]] | ||
+ | *[[Old Master]] | ||
+ | *[[Mastering (audio)]] | ||
+ | == Namesakes == | ||
+ | *"[[The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House]]" by Audre Lorde | ||
+ | *''[[The Master and Margarita]]'' (1967) by Mikhail Bulgakov | ||
+ | *[[The Master (2012 film)]] | ||
+ | ==Etymology== | ||
+ | From Middle English ''maister, mayster, meister,'' from Old English ''mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister'' (“master”), from Latin ''[[magister]]'' (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin ''magester'', from ''mag-'' (as in ''[[magnus]]'' (“great”)) + ''-ester/-ister'' (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French ''maistre, mestre'' from the same Latin source. | ||
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- someone who has control over something or someone
- owner of an animal or slave
- an expert at something
- a skilled artist
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Namesakes
- "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" by Audre Lorde
- The Master and Margarita (1967) by Mikhail Bulgakov
- The Master (2012 film)
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Etymology
From Middle English maister, mayster, meister, from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from mag- (as in magnus (“great”)) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre from the same Latin source.
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