meister

From German Meister (“master", "champion”). Doublet of master.

meister (plural meisters)

1. A person of great skill or authority in a particular field
   • 2009, January 20, “Natalie Angier”, in In ‘Geek Chic’ and Obama, New Hope for Lifting Women in Science‎:

     The designated leaders so far include superstars like Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate, and Eric Lander, genome meister.

• -meister

• metiers, métiers, reemits, retimes, tremies, triseme

meister

1. inflection of viel:
   1. strong and mixed nominative masculine singular superlative degree
   2. strong genitive and dative feminine singular superlative degree
   3. strong genitive plural superlative degree

From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛistɛr/ (example of pronunciation)

meister m (definite singular meisteren, indefinite plural meistrar, definite plural meistrane)

1. master (person of authority)
2. champion (someone who has been winner in a contest)

• meistra/meistre
• verdsmeister
• meisterskap

• mester (Bokmål)

• “meister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.