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magister

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See also: Magister and magíster

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of maestro, master, and meister.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒɪstə(ɹ)/

Noun

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magister (plural magisters)

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  1. Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
  2. The possessor of a master's degree.
  3. (occult, witchcraft, Church of Satan) The chief male celebrant of an occult ritual.
    Coordinate term: magistra
    • 2007, Peter H. Gilmore, The Satanic Scriptures, Scapegoat Publishing, →ISBN, page vi:
      The magnificent Magisters and Magistras, profound Priests and Priestesses, wondrous Witches and Warlocks, astounding Agents, and the ever-inspiring loyal cohort that makes up the Citizenry of our Infernal Empire—you are an aristocracy of achievers, many of whom are cherished friends, and cannot know how very much you each mean to me.
    • 2009, Michael W. Ford, Luciferian Witchcraft – The Book of The Serpent: The Grimoire of The Serpent, 2nd edition, Succubus Publishing, →ISBN, page 308:
      If only the Magistra and Magister of the Rite are present, then just the Magister shall drink of simulate if fake (ie theatrical) blood is used.
    • 2015, Amaranthus, Feasting from the Black Cauldron, Lulu, →ISBN:
      Just as there are tools and symbols that are specific to the Magistra, the stang is a tool used to represent the Horned God and should be used by the Magister only.
    • 2019, WLLM, Hokkus Satanus, Satan Wants Haikus!, Lee John Press, →ISBN, page 45:
      Fourth Degrees migrate, Magistras & Magisters administering.
    • 2022, Robert Johnson, “Acknowledgments”, in The Satanic Warlock, 2nd edition, →ISBN:
      My heartfelt appreciation to all of the Church of Satan Magisters, Magistras, Witches, Priests, Priestesses and members who contributed in words and deeds, […].
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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French magister, borrowed from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, maître, and master.

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Noun

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magister m (plural magisters)

  1. (obsolete) schoolmaster

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch magister, from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, master, and mester.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [maˈɡɪstər]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gis‧têr

Noun

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magistêr (first-person possessive magisterku, second-person possessive magistermu, third-person possessive magisternya)

  1. (education) master's degree.
    Synonyms: magister, master, sarjana utama

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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magister m (genitive magistrī, feminine magistra); second declension

  1. master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor
    Synonym: praeses
  2. teacher, instructor, educator of children, tutor, pedagogue
    Synonym: praeceptor
  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
    Synonym: trāditor

Declension

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative magister magistrī
genitive magistrī magistrōrum
dative magistrō magistrīs
accusative magistrum magistrōs
ablative magistrō magistrīs
vocative magister magistrī

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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From Vulgar Latin *majester, *majestru:

Borrowings

From Vulgar Latin *maester:

From magister:

References

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  • “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
  • magister in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], 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 Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

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magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistere or magistre or magistrer, definite plural magisterne or magistrene)

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

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magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistrar, definite plural magistrane)

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

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Old English

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Noun

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māgister m

  1. Alternative form of mǣġester

Old Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin magister.

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Noun

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magister m (genitive magistir, nominative plural magistir)

  1. master, teacher
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
      Do·adbadar sund trá causa pro qua scripta est æpistola .i. irbága ro·bátar leosom eter desciplu et debe; óentu immurgu eter a magistru.
      Here, then is shown the reason for which the epistle was written, i.e. they had had contentions and disagreements between the disciples; unity, however, among their masters.

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative magister magisterL magistirL
Vocative magistir magisterL magistruH
Accusative magisterN magisterL magistruH
Genitive magistirL magister magisterN
Dative magisterL magistraib magistraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of magister
radical lenition nasalization
magister
also mmagister after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		magister
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, majster, metr, and mistrz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈɡis.tɛr/
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  • Rhymes: -istɛr
  • Syllabification: ma‧gis‧ter

Noun

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magister m pers (abbreviation mgr)

  1. magister (possessor of a master's degree)
  2. master's degree (postgraduate degree)
    Synonyms: magisterium, magisterka

Declension

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Declension of magister
singular plural
nominative magister magistrzy/magistrowie/magistry (deprecative)
genitive magistra magistrów
dative magistrowi magistrom
accusative magistra magistrów
instrumental magistrem magistrami
locative magistrze magistrach
vocative magistrze magistrzy/magistrowie

Noun

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magister f (indeclinable, abbreviation mgr)

  1. female equivalent of magister (“possessor of a master's degree”)
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adjective
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Further reading

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  • magister in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • magister in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romansch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

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magister m (plural magisters)

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

Synonyms

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

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

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magister c

  1. (somewhat dated) a (title for a) male teacher
    Synonym: (slang) maje
    Magistern! Jag behöver hjälp!
    Teacher! I need help!
  2. a magister (holder of a master's degree)

Declension

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Declension of magister
nominative genitive
singular indefinite magister magisters
definite magistern magisterns
plural indefinite magistrar magistrars
definite magistrarna magistrarnas

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