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magister.

master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[maˈɡɪs.tɛr]Classical-Latin[maˈd͡ʒis.ter]
  1. master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. teacher, instructor, educator of children, tutor, pedagogue

    declension-2 · masculine
  3. master; a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts, teacher, instructor

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *magisteros. Equivalent to magis (“more or great”) + Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Compare minister.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.