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

If Darwin was the messenger from There, filing from afar to Victorian England, Attenborough is the grand master of Here. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026

In a rematch after an upgrade, IBM computer Deep Blue defeated chess grand master Garry Kasparov. —USA Today, 6 May 2026

The gags go both high and low: The premiere sees Tyson’s team decamping to novelist Cormac McCarthy’s ranch to help finish a manuscript, while the very next episode finds Mike punching out a chess grand master after confusing him with a KKK Grand Wizard. —Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026

In addition to the awards, Donna Andrews and Lee Child were announced as the 2026 grand masters. —Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for grand master

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