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1Past master (disambiguation) — Past Master or Past Masters may refer to:*Past master an expert professional *Past Master (Masonic) a Freemason who has served as the master of a lodge in the past *Past Master (novel) a novel by R. A. Lafferty *Past Master (game) a history based …
2Past master — Master Mas ter (m[.a]s t[ e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. me gas. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude},… …
3past master — past masters N COUNT: usu N at/in/of n If you are a past master at something, you are very skilful at it because you have had a lot of experience doing it. He was a past master at manipulating the media for his own ends... She is an adept rock… …
4Past master — Past Past, a. [From {Pass}, v.] Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences. Past ages. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Past master}. See under {Master}. [1913… …
5Past Master (game) — Past Master is a history based board game on [http://www.thehistorychannel.com history channel.com] . It has grown in popularity recently and involves challenging games in both single and multiplayer modes.To use multiplayer mode it is necessary… …
6past master — n someone who is very skilled at doing something and has done it many times before = ↑expert past master at (doing) sth ▪ She s a past master at exploiting other people …
7past master — noun count someone who has a great deal of skill and experience in a particular activity: She is a past master at persuading people to help her …
8past master — n. 1. a person who formerly held the position of master, as in a lodge or club 2. [for passed master] a person who has had long experience in some occupation, art, etc.; expert …
9past master — meaning ‘a person having special skill in an activity’, is spelt with past, not (as formerly) with passed, although the allusion is to someone who has ‘passed’ the necessary training and qualification to achieve that status (originally in the… …
10past master — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is experienced or expert in an activity …
