The Collaborative International Dictionary
Magister \Ma*gis"ter\, n. [L. See Master.] Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts. 2 The possessor of a master's degree.
Wikipedia
Magister is Latin for "master" or "teacher". It may refer to:
- The magister (degree), an academic degree
Positions or titles
- A 'magister equitum', or Master of the Horse
- A magister officiorum (master of offices), a civilian post of the Roman Empire
- A magister militum, a master of the soldiers
- A magister palatii (Master of the Sacred Palace), a Roman Catholic curial position
- A magister, praefectus curiae, a house-master in medieval Europe
Airplanes
- The Fouga Magister, a French training aircraft
- The Miles Magister, a British training aircraft
Animals
- Neotoma magister, a species of pack rat
- Berryteuthis magister, a species of squid
- Metacarcinus magister, the Dungeness crab
- Sceloporus magister, a species of spiny lizard
People
- Dositheus Magister, a 4th-century Roman scholar
- Thomas Magister, a 14th-century Byzantine monk and scholar
- Magister Wigbold, a 14th-century German pirate
Other
- Magister, a font designed by Aldo Novarese (1966)
- Magister Ludi, an alternate title for Hermann Hesse's novel The Glass Bead Game
- Magister (company) – a manufacturer of espresso machines.
- The Magister, a sourcebook for the Forgotten Realms setting of the Dungeons & Dragons RPG
Magister Sistema Caffè S.r.l. is a company based just outside Milan, Italy that manufactures commercial Espresso machines and other equipment for coffee bars/Cafés.
Usage examples of "magister".
He had become a magister at the music school, which Prince Arioso had appropriated, down to its last demisemiquaver, for the good of the city, though he at least allowed it to keep its three-hundred-year-old name.
Praefectus Urbis Romae, the two Magistri Militum in Praesenti, the Praepositus Sacri Cubiculi, the Magister Officiorum, the Quaestor, the Comes Sacrarum Largitionum, the Comes Rerum Privatarum, and the two Comites Domesticorum Equitum et Peditum.
There were no magisters, Isaac remembered, no courts or punishment factories, no quarries and dumps to pack with Remade, no militia or politicians.
The entire Targan revolution was hatched as a ruse to bait Staffa into range so that Bruen and this Magister Hyde could use Arta Fera to assassinate the Lord Commander?
And you may be sure the sons of the harpy give lavishly to every passing khal, just as the magisters do in Pentos and Norvos and Myr.
Heisse Magister, heisse Doktor gar, Und ziehe schon an die zehen Jahr Herauf, herab und quer und krumm Meine SchUler an der Nose herum Und sehe, doss wir nichts wissen konneni .
Magister Officiorum, the retransfer had probably not then taken place.
Magister Vergier, his footsteps indicating he was coming to open the door.
Magister Vergier asked, his fringe of graying hair in disarray, his cote hastily thrown on and not yet belted.
He waved Magister Vergier away and gave his attention once again to Olivia.
Magister Vergier had been able to follow this explanation without too much confusion.
Magister Vergier turned his eyes upward in silent and irritated petition.
Olivia wanted to say how sensible she thought they were but feared that would lose her the help Magister Vergier had been coerced into providing her.
Magister Vergier nodded to Olivia once before he entered the pavilion.
Magister Artium is one of his titles on the College Catalogue, and I like best to speak of him as the Master, because he has a certain air of authority which none of us feel inclined to dispute.