past master
Noun
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Noun
past master (plural past masters)
- (freemasonry) Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.
- One who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise.
- 1900, Jack London, "The Son of the Wolf":
- It required a deft hand and deep knowledge of the barbaric mind effectually to handle such diverse weapons; but he was a past-master in the art.
- 1907, Fergus Hume, The Green Mummy, ch. 27:
- Hervey responded with such volubility that anyone could see he was a pastmaster in Castilian swearing.
- 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Son of Tarzan, ch. 17:
- Morison was a past master in the art of insidious boasting.
- 2007 May 21, Richard Corliss and Mary Corliss, "[http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1623604,00.html Cannes Journal: Mighty Hearts and Dark Deeds]," Time:
- Winterbottom is a past master at lending the traditional story-telling format to real stories of the modern world at war.
- Synonyms: expert, guru, Thesaurus:skilled person
- 1900, Jack London, "The Son of the Wolf":
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