past-master
past-master
A. one who has filled the office of master in a guild, etc. XVIII;
B. one who is proficient in a subject XIX. In sense A, f. PAST; in B var. of passed master (XVI). f. phr. pass master graduate as a master in a faculty.
A. one who has filled the office of master in a guild, etc. XVIII;
B. one who is proficient in a subject XIX. In sense A, f. PAST; in B var. of passed master (XVI). f. phr. pass master graduate as a master in a faculty.
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