in command, dominant; given to mastering; skilled (about a person)
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Masterful Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
(a.)
Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutHaving the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery.
masterful
\mas"ter*ful\ (?), a.
1. inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
2. having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery. his masterful, pale face. browning.
masterful
adj
1. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate, masterly, virtuoso(a) ]
2. able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand" [syn: imperious]
Adjective
1. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"
(synonym) consummate, masterly, virtuoso(a)
(similar) skilled
2. able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"
(synonym) imperious
(similar) domineering
Masterful Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- "Masters" redirects here. For a surname, see Masters (surname)
Ranks and titles
- Master craftsman in the Medieval guilds
- Master (form of address), a title used for young boys 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
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