grand master

noun

1

: the chief officer of a principal lodge in various fraternal orders (such as Freemasonry)

2

usually grandmaster : an expert player (as of chess) who has consistently scored high in international competition

Examples of grand master in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More than 1,000 students, instructors and families are set to attend the event, which will feature nearly 20 grand masters, association CEO Taekwon Lee said Wednesday. —Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 3 Dec. 2025

Christopher’s character has shades of the grand masters Viktor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov. —Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

What sport combines the intensity of a high-wire circus act with the strategic thinking of a grand master chess match? —Eric Zillmer, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025

Originally built as a Byzantine citadel, it was reworked into its present Gothic form by the crusading Knights of St John when Rhodes served as the headquarters of their grand master. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for grand master

• bandmaster
• broadcaster
• cadastre
• disaster
• forecaster
• headmaster
• newscaster
• paymaster
• pilaster
• postmaster
• roadmaster
• schoolmaster