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-meister
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Meister meister
English
Etymology
From en meister, from en de Meister master”, “champion.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmaɪstə/ RP
en /ˈmaɪstɚ/ US
Suffix
An expert on the specified subject.
A person in charge of a specified thing.
Attached to a person's name in humorous (or ironic) approbation.
The festival is something of a muso's paradise, with the Bobmeister General (you may know him as Geldof), former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman with his band The Rhythm Kings, Bernard Butler and Bert Jansch and Dublin-based electronic knob-twiddler Autamata all turning out. — "Galway Gets Festive", The Irish Times, July 9, 2004
But 2011 hasn’t started well for the Govemeister. [Reference to Michael Gove, then UK Secretary of State for Education] — engagedlearning.co.uk, January 15, 2011
Usage notes
Sometimes used to point up a German association.
Derived terms
en
References
Anagrams
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