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The following 7 entries include the term master of.
: the recipient of a master's degree that usually signifies that the recipient has passed an integrated course of study in one or more of the humanities and sometimes has completed a thesis involving research or a creative project and that typically requires two years of work beyond a bachelor's degree
master of ceremonies
noun phrase: a person who determines the forms to be observed on a public occasion
: the recipient of a master's degree that usually signifies that the recipient has passed an integrated course of study in one or more of the sciences and sometimes has completed a thesis involving research and that typically requires two years of work beyond a bachelor's degree
master of request
: a principal officer in the court of requests
master of the revels
: an officer of the English royal household from the 15th to the 18th centuries in charge of court entertainment see revels office
master of the rolls
: a high official of the British judiciary having custody of the records of the Court of Chancery and important patents and grants and serving usually as presiding judge of the Court of Appeal and also as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council compare lord chancellor, lord chief justice of england
jack-of-all-trades, master of none
idiom: a person who can do many things but is not an expert in any of them
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