magister

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor
2. (declension-2, masculine) teacher, instructor, educator of children, tutor, pedagogue
3. (declension-2, masculine) master; a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts, teacher, instructor

Concepts

teacher

🧑‍🏫

instructor

master

professor

schoolmaster

canon

master of a school

educator

tutor

boss

Synonyms

magistra

doctor

🧑‍🏫

docens

praeceptrix

doctrix

praeceptor

professor

🧑‍🏫

dominus

Translations

professeur

🧑‍🏫

professor

🧑‍🏫

insegnante

profesor

Lehrer

öğretmen

🧑‍🏫

maestro

leraar

🧑‍🏫

profesora

maestra

Lehrerin

mestre

onderwijzeres

docente

Pronounced as (IPA)

[maˈɡɪs.tɛr]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *magisteros. Equivalent to magis (“more or great”) + Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Compare minister.