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keymaster

keymaster noun: a person in charge of a key or keys.

Noun

keymaster (plural keymasters)

  1. A person in charge of a key or keys.
    • Sometimes, however, we have the archaic box with three locks, so frequent among the gilds; and in such cases members served in rotation as "keymasters," or, as we should now say, trustees.1906, Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Industrial Democracy, page 6

Forms of keymaster

pluralkeymasters

Origin of keymaster

From key + master.

Questions about keymaster

What does keymaster mean?
Keymaster means a person in charge of a key or keys.
What part of speech is keymaster?
Keymaster is a noun.
What is the plural of keymaster?
The plural of keymaster is keymasters.

Words near keymaster in the dictionary

  1. keymappings
  2. keymaps
  3. Keymar
  4. keymask
  5. keymasks
  6. keymaster
  7. keymasters
  8. keymen
  9. Keymer
  10. keymistress
  11. keymistresses

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