Master or masters may refer to:

Ranks or titles

* Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *

Grandmaster (chess) Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally it h ...

, National Master, International Master, FIDE Master, Candidate Master, all ranks of chess player * Grandmaster (martial arts) or Master, an honorary title * Grand master (order), a title denoting the head of an order or knighthood * Grand Master (Freemasonry), the head of a Grand Lodge and the highest rank of a Masonic organization * Maestro, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline *Master, a title of Jesus in the New Testament *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.Aragon and Messner, 2001, p.3. The captain is responsible for the safe and efficie ...

of a merchant vessel *

Master (college) A master (more generically called a head of house or head of college) is the head or senior member of a college within a collegiate university, Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom, principally in the United Kingdom. The actual tit ...

, head of a college *

Master (form of address) Master is an English honorific for boys and young men. 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 employee addressing his employer (his master), b ...

, an English honorific for boys and young men * Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions * Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine * Master (naval), a former naval rank *

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 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 system, only mas ...

, in the Medieval guilds * Master of ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance *

Master-at-arms A Master-at-Arms (US: MA; UK & some Commonwealth: MAA) may be a naval rating, responsible for law enforcement, regulating duties, security, anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) for/of a country's navy; an army officer responsible for physical ...

, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy *

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an 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 practice.

, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline * Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, reputed to be enlightened beings originally identified by the founders of the Theosophical Society * Old Master, a term for a recognised Western painter active before circa 1800 * Schoolmaster or master, presiding officer of a school *Slave owner, an owner of victims of

slavery Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

Station master The station master (or stationmaster) is the person in charge of a 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 largely historical ...

, formerly the person in charge of railway stations *Worshipful Master, the senior

Masonic lodge officer In Craft Freemasonry, sometimes known as Blue Lodge Freemasonry, every Masonic lodge elects or appoints Masonic lodge officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodge's life and work. The precise list of such offices may vary between the j ...

Zen master Zen master is a somewhat vague English term that arose in the first half of the 20th century, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen Buddhist meditation and practices, usually implying longtime study and subsequent authorizat ...

, a somewhat vague English term, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen Buddhist meditation and practices

Aircraft and vehicles

Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master The Aermacchi M-346 Master is a family of military 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 Aermacchi ...

, 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 Ltd. It was inducted in large numbers into both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the Second Wor ...

, 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. He was the mentor of Doctor Strange and was his predecessor as Sorcerer Supreme. The character was voiced by Michael Ansara in the 1978 telev ...

(Marvel Comics) *The Master, the player's character in the Nintendo game series '' ActRaiser'' *The Master, an optional three-time boss Toad Sensei in '' Paper Mario'' *The Master, a title character in the novel '' The Master and Margarita'' * The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'' *The Master, a character from the adult swim television series ''

The Venture Bros. ''The Venture Bros.'' is an American adult animation, adult animated action comedy TV series created by Chris McCulloch (also known as "Jackson Publick") for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Following a pilot episode on ...

'' * 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), a computer animated Lego short * ''Masters'' (film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language film

Literature

*''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 cultural 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 be ...

* ''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'' (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín

Music and audio

* Mastering (audio), a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape * ''Master'' (soundtrack), 2020 soundtrack album to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master'' * ''Master'' (score), 2021 film score to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master'' *

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 demis ...

, a Czech-American death metal band *

Master (Russian band) Master () is a Russian thrash metal band founded in 1987 by former members of Aria. History In 1987, Alik Granovsky, Andrey Bolshakov, Kirill Pokrovsky, and Igor Molchanov left the heavy metal band Aria, due to their conflict with the produc ...

, a Russian thrash metal band *

Bojan Adamič Bojan Adamič a.k.a. Master ( sl, Mojster; 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 ...

(1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene music composer * ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' (EP), a 2001 record by ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'', this EP also called "Master" * ''Master'' (album of Russian band Master), a 1987 album by Russian thrash metal band ''Master'' * ''Master'' (album of American band Master), a 1990 album by American band ''Master'' * ''Master'' (audio drama), in the ''Doctor Who'' series (2003) * ''The Master'' (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye *''The Master'', 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 sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...

* ''The Master...'' (Pepper Adams album) (1980) * ''The Master'' (Jimmy Raney album) (1983) * ''The Master'' (Rakim album) (1999) * ''The Master'' (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982 *''The Masters'', compilation album by The Stranglers

Television and film

*An original camera negative, or other film print, duplicated or digitized to produce release prints and remasters * ''The Master'' (U.S. 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

* Masami Hirosaka (born 1966), known as Master Masami, Japanese radio-controlled racer * King Curtis Iaukea (1937–2010), wrestler, ring name The Master

Places

* Master, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran *

Masters, Colorado Masters is an extinct town in Weld County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. History A post office called Masters was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1967. The community was named for a ...

, USA; a ghost town in the United States

Schools

Graduate school Postgraduate or graduate education refers to Academic degree, academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by higher education, post-secondary students who have earned an Undergraduate education, un ...

, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education (Master's degree) * Master's Academy & College, Canadian school in Calgary, Alberta * Masters School, an American independent school in New York

Sport

Golf

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

, known as The Masters, one of the four men's major championships * Australian Masters, a golf tournament held in Australia * British Masters, a golf tournament held in the United Kingdom *

South African Masters The South African Masters was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It was last played in 2011. Before its discontinuation, it had a prize fund of 1.2 million rand and was held at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on ...

, a golf tournament held in South Africa

Tennis

* 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') * ATP World Tour Masters 1000, a series of top tier men's tennis tournaments on the ATP tour calendar

Other sports

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

Masters athletics Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair comp ...

, competition in the sport of athletics by older athletes ** Masters cycling, competition in cycling by older athletes ** Masters Football, six-a-side indoor football competition in UK for older athletes ** Masters Rugby League, 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 (sport), swimming for swimmers 25 years and older. Premasters is normally included as well, from 18 years old (Canada, United States and Australia) or 20 years old (Europe). In Canada ...

, competition in swimming by older athletes * Masters (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 *

Masters (darts) The Masters (also known as the Cazoo Masters for sponsorship purposes) is a non-ranking PDC darts tournament which features the top 24 darts players according to the PDC Order of Merit as of 2021. History The inaugural tournament, held in 2013, ...

, a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation * Masters (snooker), professional invitational snooker tournament * World Masters (darts), professional darts tournament

Other uses

* MASTER, 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, a brand of padlock * Master recording, 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) Master/slave is a model of asymmetric communication or control where one device or process (the "master") controls one or more other devices or processes (the "slaves") and serves as their communication hub. In some systems, a master is selected ...

, a model of communication * Masters Home Improvement, an Australian Home Improvement Retailer * Sega Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console