Ranks and Titles
- Master craftsman in the Medieval guilds
- Master (form of address), a title used for young men in formal correspondence
- Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline
- Master (college), head of a college
- Chess master, a rank of chess player
- Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions
- Master (naval), a former naval rank
- Master, the Captain of a ship
- Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy
- Master of Ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance.
- Old Master, a term for a recognised Western painter active before about 1800
- Master (martial arts)
- Schoolmaster, presiding officer of a school
- Venerable Master, the master of a French freemasonic lodge
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