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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…

To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.

The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

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.

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.

Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.

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.

The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.

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

Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels. Totten.

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