meister

noun

meis·ter | \ ˈmī-stər

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Definition of meister

: one who is knowledgeable about something specified —often used in combination puzzle-meister

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asked the office's wine meister to recommend a good bottle for a dinner party that she was hosting

Recent Examples on the Web Without giving too much away, part one of Lupin left off on a major cliffhanger in Diop's revenge plot, just as the budding heist-meister was getting thoroughly entangled in an even broader web of deception and widespread corruption. — Andrea Park, Marie Claire, "Part 2 of Netflix's 'Lupin': Everything We Know," 14 Jan. 2021 Continuing this spirit, executives at ViacomCBS’s streaming service Pluto TV licensed a well of content from Ross, the ultimate soothe-meister, and created a channel devoted to him. — Washington Post, "With tension from all sides, Hollywood considers ways to calm your nerves," 2 Nov. 2020 Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare Enter the mind of musician, filmmaker and horror-meister Rob Zombie. — Barbara Vandenburgh, The Arizona Republic, "Haunted houses in metro Phoenix for Halloween 2014," 13 Oct. 2014 Just last week a couple of chuckle meisters who run a Clippers podcast floated an unsourced report that Iguodala would be joining the team. — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, "For the time being, ex-Warrior Andre Iguodala stuck in Memphis," 10 Sep. 2019 Charlie Day and Burn Gorman return as the wonky Jaeger-meisters Newt and Herrmann, and one of them figures prominently into the destructive riddle of the rogue Jaeger wrecking havoc in Australia. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "'Pacific Rim: Uprising' review: This time, it's impersonal," 21 Mar. 2018 What the Bimmer marketing meisters are counting is the number of Gran Coupes idling out the door. — Al Haas, Philly.com, "BMW 4 series: A performance-minded makeover for 2018," 15 Dec. 2017 This company was once the seat-meister, with some of the smartest accommodations in the class. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "Honda Odyssey: The Gas-Powered Marital Aid," 10 Aug. 2017 The only folks who can derail this express are the greed-meisters running MLS. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Doc: Only MLS can slow FC Cincinnati's momentum now," 9 Aug. 2017

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“Meister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meister. Accessed 24 Feb. 2021.

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meister

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English Language Learners Definition of meister

informal : someone who knows a lot about something : someone who is an expert in something

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