archmaster
archmaster noun: a chief and superior master.
Noun
archmaster (plural archmasters)
- A chief and superior master.
- It is replete with interesting information of old time necromancers, constructors of automata, good stories of contemporary magicians, exposés of Marabout miracles, and last but not least the fascinating adventures of Houdin himself, — the archmaster of modern magic.1903, The Open Court, Volume 17, Open Court Publishing Company, page 733
- His reputation as archmaster in deception not only makes his failure more amusing in itself, but makes it appear as the almost direct consequence of his last piece of cunning.1932, Germaine Dempster, Dramatic Irony in Chaucer, Stanford University Press, page 312
Forms of archmaster
| plural | archmasters |
|---|
Origin of archmaster
From arch- + master.
Questions about archmaster
- What does archmaster mean?
- Archmaster means a chief and superior master.
- What part of speech is archmaster?
- Archmaster is a noun.
- What is the plural of archmaster?
- The plural of archmaster is archmasters.
Words near archmaster in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: archmaster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “archmaster.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/archmaster. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.