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Webster 1913 Edition


Magister


Ma-gis′ter

,
Noun.
[L. See
Master
.]
Master; sir; – 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.

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Magister

Magister

See also: magister and magíster

German

Noun

Magister m (genitive Magister, plural Magisters, feminine Magistra)

  1. magister, an academic degree usually comparable to an M.A. or M.Sc.

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magister

magister

See also: Magister and magíster

English

Noun

magister (plural magisters)

  1. Master; sir: a title used in 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.
  2. The possessor of a master's degree.

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External links

  • magister in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • magister in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

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Etymology

From magis (more or great) + *-tero-. Compare minister.

Pronunciation

Noun

magister m (genitive magistrī); second declension

  1. teacher
  2. 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

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
nominative magister magistrī
genitive magistrī magistrōrum
dative magistrō magistrīs
accusative magistrum magistrōs
ablative magistrō magistrīs
vocative magister1 magistrī

1May also be magistre.

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References

  • magister in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • magister in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “magister”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to receive instruction from some one: disciplina alicuius uti, magistro aliquo uti
    • a teacher of rhetoric: rhetor, dicendi magister
    • a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
  • magister in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • magister in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • magister in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin magister.

Noun

magister

  1. The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (plural magisters)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) male teacher

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) scolast
  • (Sutsilvan) surmester

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