Master, master's or masters may refer to:
Ranks or titles
In
education:
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Master (college), head of a college
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Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline
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Schoolmaster or master, presiding officer of a school
In military:
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Master (naval), a former naval rank
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Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine
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Master or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel
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Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy
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In other:
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Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men
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Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions
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Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland
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Master of ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance
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Maestro, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline
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Old Master, a term for a recognised Western painter active before circa 1800
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Station master, formerly the person in charge of railway stations
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Slave master, an owner of victims of slavery
Aircraft and vehicles
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Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, an Italian military transonic trainer aircraft
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Miles Master, a British 2-seat training aircraft during the Second World War
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Renault Master, a van
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
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Master ( Manos), the head villain in the horror movie Manos: The Hands of Fate
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Masters ( The Tripods), a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy
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Master ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a recurring villain in the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Master ( Master and Margarita), a character from the Mikhail Bulgakov novel
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The Master ( Doctor Who), a recurring villain in the science fiction television series Doctor Who
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The Master (The Doctor Who Role Playing Game), a supplement for The Doctor Who Role-playing Game about The Doctor's nemesis
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The Master ( Fallout), a character in the 1997 video game Fallout
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The Master, a nickname for Ancient One (Marvel Comics)
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The Master, the player's character in the Nintendo game series ActRaiser
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The Master, an optional three-time boss Toad Sensei in Paper Mario
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The Master, a title character in the novel The Master and Margarita
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The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from
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The Master, a character from the Adult Swim television series The Venture Bros.
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The Master, character in the manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
Films
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Master (1997 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
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Master (2016 film), a South Korean film
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Master (2021 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
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Master (2022 film), an American film
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The Master (1980 film), a Hong Kong film
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The Master (1992 film), a Hong Kong film
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The Master (2005 film), a Polish film
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The Master (2009 film), a Turkish film
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The Master (2012 film), an American film
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The Master (2015 film), a Chinese film
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The Master (2016 film), an animated Lego short
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Masters (film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language film
Literature
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The Master (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín
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The Masters, a 1951 novel in the Strangers and Brothers sequence by C. P. Snow
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, a 1957 science fiction novel for children by T. H. White
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The Master of Go, a 1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata
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The Master, an 1895 best-selling novel by Israel Zangwill
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The Master, a 2021 biography of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey
Music and audio
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Mastering (audio), a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape
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Musicians and bands
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Master (American band), a Czech-American death metal band
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Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band
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Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene composer of jazz, song festival and film music
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Albums (by date)
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The Master (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye
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The Master... (Pepper Adams album) (1980)
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The Master (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982
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The Master (Jimmy Raney album) (1983)
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The Masters, a 1998 compilation album by The Stranglers
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The Master (Rakim album) (1999)
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Master, a popular designation for Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP), a 2001 record by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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The Master, a 2010 box set by Ravi Shankar
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Songs
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Master Song, a song on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen
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Audio dramas
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Master (audio drama), in the Doctor Who series (2003)
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Film soundtracks
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Master (soundtrack), 2020 soundtrack album to the 2021 Tamil-language film Master
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Master (score), 2021 film score to the 2021 Tamil-language film Master
Television
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The Master (American TV series), a 1984 American television series starring Lee Van Cleef that aired on NBC
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The Master (Australian game show), a 2006 Australian quiz show that aired on Seven Network
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The Master (Indonesian TV series), a 2009 Indonesian magic show television series
People
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The Master (born 1970), Masami Hirosaka, Japanese radio-controlled racer
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The Master (1937-2010), ring name of King Curtis Iaukea, wrestler
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The Master (born 1954), nickname of Vietnamese-American poker player Men Nguyen
Places
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Master, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
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Masters, Colorado, USA; a ghost town in the United States
Schools
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Master's Academy & College, Canadian school in Calgary, Alberta
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Masters School, an American independent school in New York
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Master's Degree, a type of post-graduate education received at a graduate school, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education
Sport
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Masters Tournament, known as The Masters, one of the four men's major championships
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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')
Other sports
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Senior sport, a competition age classification used by many sports for older athletes
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Masters athletics, competition in the sport of athletics by older athletes
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Masters cycling, competition in cycling by older athletes
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Masters Football, six-a-side indoor football competition in UK for older athletes
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Masters Rugby League, a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials
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Masters swimming, competition in swimming by older athletes
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Masters (curling), an annual Grand Slam of Curling event
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Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour
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Masters (darts), a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation
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Masters (snooker), professional invitational snooker tournament
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USBC Masters, professional ten-pin bowling tournament
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World Masters (darts), professional darts tournament
Other uses
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MASTER, a Russian network of telescopes
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Master (software), pseudonym AlphaGo, artificial intelligence Computer Go program
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Master Lock, a brand of padlock
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Master recordings, the original of a visual or sound recording
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Master/slave (BDSM), consensual role-playing in a sexual relationship
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Master–slave (technology), a model of communication
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Masters Home Improvement, an Australian Home Improvement Retailer
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Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console
See also
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Grandmaster (disambiguation)
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Maestro (disambiguation)
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Master/Slave (disambiguation)
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Master of the Universe (disambiguation)
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Masters (surname)
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Meister (surname)
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Metal Master (disambiguation)
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Miss (disambiguation)
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Mister (disambiguation)
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Mistress (disambiguation)
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Marsters (surname)
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Standard (metrology), a master reference for measurement