First Known Use: 1979
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meister
noun meis·ter \ˈmīs-tər\
: someone who knows a lot about something : someone who is an expert in something
Full Definition of MEISTER
: one who is knowledgeable about something specified —often used in combination <puzzle-meister>
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Origin of MEISTER
Yiddish mayster & German Meister master, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Latin magister — more at master
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- ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), dab [chiefly British], dab hand [chiefly British], fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, master, maven (also mavin), expert, past master, proficient, scholar, shark, sharp, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
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