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See Barmaster.

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

See Burgomaster.

A burgomaster.

d, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.

One who breeds gamecocks. L'Estrange.

e skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning. In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland.

A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.

Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.

One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics. Macaulay.

An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein. Bp. Hurd.

The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.

In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.

One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.

chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

The office of postmaster.

icer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Totten. Quartermaster general (Mil.), in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at…