# Master

Master, master's or masters may refer to:

## Ranks or titles

In education:
* Master (college), head of a college
* Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline
* Schoolmaster or master, presiding officer of a school
In military:
* Master (naval), a former naval rank
* Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine
* Master or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel
* Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy
In orders and organizations:
* Master craftsman, in the Medieval guilds
In other:
* Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men
* Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions
* Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland
* Master of ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance
* Maestro, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline
* Old Master, a term for a recognized Western painter active before circa 1800
* Station master, formerly the person in charge of railway stations
* Slave master, an owner of victims of slavery

## Aircraft and vehicles

* Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, an Italian military transonic trainer aircraft
* Miles Master, a British 2-seat training aircraft during the Second World War
* Renault Master, a van

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Fictional characters

* Master (Manos), the head villain in the horror movie Manos: The Hands of Fate
* Masters (The Tripods), a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy
* Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a recurring villain in the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Master (Master and Margarita), a character from the Mikhail Bulgakov novel
* The Master (Doctor Who), a recurring villain in the science fiction television series Doctor Who
** The Master (The Doctor Who Role Playing Game), a supplement for The Doctor Who Role-playing Game about The Doctor's nemesis
* The Master (Fallout), a character in the 1997 video game Fallout
* The Master, a nickname for Ancient One (Marvel Comics)
* The Master, the player's character in the Nintendo game series ActRaiser
* The Master, an optional three-time boss Toad Sensei in Paper Mario
* The Master, a title character in the novel The Master and Margarita
* The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from Power Rangers Mystic Force
* The Master, a character from the Adult Swim television series The Venture Bros.
* The Master, character in the manga series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

### Films

* Master (1997 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
* Master (2016 film), a South Korean film
* Master (2021 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
* Master (2022 film), an American film
* The Master (1980 film), a Hong Kong film
* The Master (1992 film), a Hong Kong film
* The Master (2005 film), a Polish film
* The Master (2009 film), a Turkish film
* The Master (2012 film), an American film
* The Master (2015 film), a Chinese film
* The Master (2016 film), an animated Lego short
* Masters (film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language film

### Literature

* The Master (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín
* The Masters (novel), a 1951 novel in the Strangers and Brothers sequence by C. P. Snow
* The Master: An Adventure Story, a 1957 science fiction novel for children by T. H. White
* The Master of Go, a 1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata
* The Master, an 1895 best-selling novel by Israel Zangwill
* The Master, a 2021 biography of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey

### Music and audio

* Mastering (audio), a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape
* Musicians and bands
** Master (American band), a Czech-American death metal band
*** Master, their 1990 album
** Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band
*** Master, their 1987 album
** Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene composer of jazz, song festival and film music
* Albums (by date)
** The Master (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye
** The Master... (Pepper Adams album) (1980)
** The Master (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982
** The Master (Jimmy Raney album) (1983)
** The Masters, a 1998 compilation album by The Stranglers
** The Master (Rakim album) (1999)
** Master, a popular designation for Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP), a 2001 record by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
** The Master, a 2010 box set by Ravi Shankar
* Songs
** Master Song, a song on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen
* Audio dramas
** Master (audio drama), in the Doctor Who series (2003)
* Film soundtracks
** Master (soundtrack), 2020 soundtrack album to the 2021 Tamil-language film Master
** Master (score), 2021 film score to the 2021 Tamil-language film Master

### Television

* The Master (American TV series), a 1984 American television series starring Lee Van Cleef that aired on NBC
* The Master (Australian game show), a 2006 Australian quiz show that aired on Seven Network
* The Master (Indonesian TV series), a 2009 Indonesian magic show television series

## People

* The Master (born 1970), Masami Hirosaka, Japanese radio-controlled racer
* The Master (1937-2010), ring name of King Curtis Iaukea, wrestler
* The Master (born 1954), nickname of Vietnamese-American poker player Men Nguyen
* Masters (surname)

## Places

* Master, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
* Masters, Colorado, USA; a ghost town in the United States

## Schools

* Master's Academy & College, Canadian school in Calgary, Alberta
* Masters School, an American independent school in New York
* Master's Degree, a type of post-graduate education received at a graduate school, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education

## Sport

* Masters Tournament, known as The Masters, one of the four men's golf major championships
* ATP World Tour Finals, the season-ending tournament on the ATP tour known in the past as The Masters (derived from 'Masters Grand Prix' and subsequently 'Tennis Masters Cup')

### Other sports

* Senior sport, a competition age classification used by many sports for older athletes
** Masters athletics, competition in the sport of athletics by older athletes
** Masters cycling, competition in cycling by older athletes
** Masters Football, six-a-side indoor football competition in UK for older athletes
** Masters Rugby League, a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials
** Masters swimming, competition in swimming by older athletes
* Masters (curling), an annual Grand Slam of Curling event
* Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour
* PDC World Masters, a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation
* Masters (snooker), professional invitational snooker tournament
* USBC Masters, professional ten-pin bowling tournament
* World Masters (darts), professional darts tournament

## Other uses

* MASTER, a Russian network of telescopes
* Master (software), pseudonym AlphaGo, artificial intelligence Computer Go program
* Master Lock, a brand of padlock
* Master recordings, the original of a visual or sound recording
* Master/slave (BDSM), consensual role-playing in a sexual relationship
* Master–slave (technology), a model of communication
* Masters Home Improvement, an Australian Home Improvement Retailer
* Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console