as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
asked the office's wine meister to recommend a good bottle for a dinner party that she was hosting
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Recent Examples of meister
Their challenge on Frankenstein was bringing to the big screen the horror-meister’s vision of egotistical scientist Victor Frankenstein and his monster as part of a diabolical experiment.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
The reveal coincides with Opening Night Live, the last big video game event of the summer hosted by video game hype meister Geoff Keighley.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
Doug Hasker, Puesto’s brewmaster, is known as San Diego’s lager meister.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
Zero sacks for sack-meister Chris Jones, Burrow not needing to flash his twinkle-toes much.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2022
Lucky for shoppers inundated by choices, their favorite stud-meister Dillon Passage is single and ready to … tingle (forgive me).
—Joan Kubicek, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
First in the Pegasus and first in his last three races, including the Whitney Stakes in Saratoga in August, speed-meister Knicks Go is arguably the next greatest threat to Medina Spirit after Essential Quality.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
John Ringling had progressed from clowning to a role as the company’s business-meister, however, and to him the move was unavoidable.
—Les Standiford, Time, 15 June 2021
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
The reveal coincides with Opening Night Live, the last big video game event of the summer hosted by video game hype meister Geoff Keighley.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
Doug Hasker, Puesto’s brewmaster, is known as San Diego’s lager meister.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
Zero sacks for sack-meister Chris Jones, Burrow not needing to flash his twinkle-toes much.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2022
Lucky for shoppers inundated by choices, their favorite stud-meister Dillon Passage is single and ready to … tingle (forgive me).
—Joan Kubicek, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
First in the Pegasus and first in his last three races, including the Whitney Stakes in Saratoga in August, speed-meister Knicks Go is arguably the next greatest threat to Medina Spirit after Essential Quality.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
John Ringling had progressed from clowning to a role as the company’s business-meister, however, and to him the move was unavoidable.
—Les Standiford, Time, 15 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meister
Noun
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Crime victims are at least as important as criminals; unfortunately, their voices are small compared to the phalanx of behavioral experts who believe the worst place for a person who’s committed a crime is prison.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2026
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Criminal charges against school officials after a school shooting are quite rare, experts say.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Tremendously fierce to everyone and everything except each other and their master.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Now that she’s graduated with her business degree, the mom of four is planning on going back to school for her master’s in the fall.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Thomas’s account of Progressivism as a malign force threatening individual liberty echoes an argument developed by scholars at the conservative Claremont Institute.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The book begins as a British scholar named Jeremy Pordage is being chauffeured north along the California coast from Los Angeles to stay with Stoyte.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Noun
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The brick-and-mortar Harbaugh gets to face off against scheme wizard Sean McVay.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Since co-founding Vampire Weekend 20 years ago and producing the band’s first three albums, Rostam Batmanglij has enjoyed a unique profile as a pop songwriter and studio wizard, especially for a guy whose sound never really left his old band’s highbrow sensibilities behind.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Moore is a multiaward-winning saxophone player, and Wheeler is a Grammy-winning producer, composer and keyboard virtuoso.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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To call a musician a virtuoso can be double-edged.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tech pioneer adept at shifting gears Atom Power was co-founded in 2015 by Kouroussis and Ryan Kennedy as a UNC Charlotte incubator, a project that started at the college before spinning off its own company and moving to the Lake Norman area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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April’s numbers – bosses added 115,000 workers, adjusted for seasonal swings – were seen by many economic gurus as a surprising increase amid a war with Iran and its resulting ballooning energy costs.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
18 May 2026
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The film premiered in Cannes, outside the official selection, just a few days after Lennon and McCartney had used their appearance on The Johnny Carson Show to distance themselves from their former guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
Noun
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But where the movie floundered, the soundtrack – co-produced by Electric Light Orchestra maestro Jeff Lynne – flourished.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The maestro made history as the first person of color to hold that position with the nearly century-old Charlotte Symphony.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
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“Meister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meister. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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