-meister
See also: Meister and meister
English
Etymology
From German Meister (“master", "champion”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪstə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪstɚ/
Suffix
-meister
- An expert on the specified subject.
- A person in charge of a specified thing.
- A suffix attached to a person's name in humorous (or ironic) approbation.
- The festival is something of a muso's paradise, with the Bobmeister General (you may know him as Geldof), former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman with his band The Rhythm Kings, Bernard Butler and Bert Jansch and Dublin-based electronic knob-twiddler Autamata all turning out. — "Galway Gets Festive", The Irish Times, July 9, 2004
- But 2011 hasn’t started well for the Govemeister. [Reference to Michael Gove, then UK Secretary of State for Education] — engagedlearning.co.uk, January 15, 2011
Usage notes
- Sometimes used to point up a German association.
Derived terms
- See Category:English words suffixed with -meister
References
- “-meister” (US) / “-meister” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
Anagrams
- metiers, métiers, reemits, retimes, tremies