Master - Ranks and Titles

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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