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past master definition

past master

  1. a person who formerly held the position of master, as in a lodge or club

  2. Etymology: for passed master

    a person who has had long experience in some occupation, art, etc.; expert

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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