(obsolete) A cabinet-maker, locksmith, etc. who works on his own, not for a firm.

The most marked system of joints or divisional planes by which a rock is intersected.

plural of master joint

The official who witnesses signature by the sailors of the articles of agreement.

(art, historical) Any of a group of German printmakers who produced finely detailed miniature prints in the first half of the 16th century.

Archaic form of past master.

(historical) The Ancient Roman Magister Equitum, an official appointed by the dictator to act next under himself.

An employee of a ballet company who is charged with maintaining the skill of the company's dancers.

A drinking game in which one player puts their thumb on the table, or other surface. The last of the other players to put their thumb on it has to drink

(UK, historical) At the University of Oxford, one who conducted the first examination (responsions) for the Bachelor of Arts degree.