Master

Master or masters may refer to:

Ranks or titles

• Master (college), head of a college
• Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men
• Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions
• Master (naval), a former naval rank
• Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland
• Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine
• Master craftsman, 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 naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy
• Master's degree, 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
• 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), 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 or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel
• Old Master, a term for a recognised Western painter active before circa 1800
• Station master, formerly the person in charge of railway stations
• Worshipful Master, the senior Masonic lodge officer
• Schoolmaster or master, presiding officer of a school
• Slave owner, an owner of victims of slavery

Aircraft and vehicles

• Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, an Italian military transonic trainer aircraft
• Miles Master, a British 2-seat training aircraft during the Second World War
• Renault Master, 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 (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 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 (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín
• The Masters, 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 of Go, a 1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata
• The Master, an 1895 best-selling novel by Israel Zangwill
• The Master, a 2021 biography of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey

Music and audio

• Mastering (audio), a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape
• Musicians and bands
  • Master (American band), a Czech-American death metal band
    • Master, their 1990 album
  • Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band
    • Master, their 1987 album
  • Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene composer of jazz, song festival and film music
• Albums (by date)
  • The Master (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye
  • The Master... (Pepper Adams album) (1980)
  • The Master (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982
  • The Master (Jimmy Raney album) (1983)
  • The Masters, a 1998 compilation album by The Stranglers
  • The Master (Rakim album) (1999)
  • Master, a popular designation for Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP), a 2001 record by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • The Master, a 2010 box set by Ravi Shankar
• Songs
  • Master Song, a song on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen
• Audio dramas
  • Master (audio drama), in the Doctor Who series (2003)
• Film soundtracks
  • Master (soundtrack), 2020 soundtrack album to the 2021 Tamil-language film Master
  • Master (score), 2021 film score to the 2021 Tamil-language film Master

Television

• The Master (American 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

• The Master (born 1970), Masami Hirosaka, Japanese radio-controlled racer
• The Master (1937-2010), ring name of King Curtis Iaukea, wrestler
• The Master (born 1954), nickname of Vietnamese-American poker player Men Nguyen

Places

• Master, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
• Masters, Colorado, USA; a ghost town in the United States

Schools

• Master's Academy & College, Canadian school in Calgary, Alberta
• Masters School, an American independent school in New York
• Master's Degree, a type of post-graduate education received at a graduate school, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education

Sport

Golf

• Masters Tournament, 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, 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, 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, competition in swimming by older athletes
• Masters (curling), an annual Grand Slam of Curling event
• Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour
• Masters (darts), a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation
• Masters (snooker), professional invitational snooker tournament
• USBC Masters, professional ten-pin bowling tournament
• World Masters (darts), professional darts tournament

Other uses

• MASTER, a Russian network of telescopes
• Master (software), pseudonym AlphaGo, artificial intelligence Computer Go program
• Master Lock, a brand of padlock
• Master recordings, the original of a visual or sound recording
• Master/slave (BDSM), consensual role-playing in a sexual relationship
• Master–slave (technology), a model of communication
• Masters Home Improvement, an Australian Home Improvement Retailer
• Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console

See also

• Grandmaster (disambiguation)
• Maestro (disambiguation)
• Master/Slave (disambiguation)
• Master of the Universe (disambiguation)
• Masters (surname)
• Meister (surname)
• Metal Master (disambiguation)
• Miss (disambiguation)
• Mister (disambiguation)
• Mistress (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing master or masters
• All pages with titles containing the master
• All pages with titles beginning with The Master
• All pages with titles beginning with Master
• Marsters (surname)
• Standard (metrology), a master reference for measurement

1. Master X Master
2. MASTER
3. Master's degree
4. Master–slave
5. Master of Science
6. ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
7. The Master and Margarita
8. Master of Business Administration
9. Master of Arts
10. Master Mold
11. Puppet Master
12. Mastering (audio)
13. Master recordings
14. FIDE titles
15. Master key
16. Ink Master
17. Master P
18. Masters Tournament
19. Master System
20. Master Chief