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One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.

A master of assay; one who tries or proves. [Obs.] "Great saymaster of state." D. Jonson.

oad, -- a person less imposing, -- in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. Brougham.

A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kings iii. 4.

The captain, master, or commander of a ship. Jonah i. 6.

ks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.

A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.

One who has charge of the track; --called also roadmaster.

A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.

Incapable of being mastered or subdued. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.

A man who practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.

Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.

The performer of any work; a master workman. [R.] Spenser.

A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck.

f magistrates in Genoa. -- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak.

have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.

To adopt (a person who is his own master).

Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over. Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. 2 Cor. ii. 11.