How now, seignior Launce ! what news with your mastership ?
Shak.
Mas"ter*sing`er (?), n. [A translation of G. meistersänger.] One of a
class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of
Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to
observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
Mas"ter*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A tall and coarse European
umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria). (b)
The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy
colored involucre. (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).