game master en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person (especially a man) conducting a game.
The Game Master/Mistress may lead the Magic Box Game (see Glossary).
2012, Una McGinley Sarno, “Level III Alphabetic Paraphrase: Lesson Plan Unit Two”, in Learn to Think and Write: A Paradigm for Teaching Grades 4–8, Introductory Levels, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Education, →ISBN, page 66:An interesting alternatively to Doodle Dash in which players cooperate to draw a word given to them by the game master – but one of the artists is a fake who doesn’t know the key word.
2023 December 18, Keith Stuart, “Nativity play: the 12 best board games for Christmas parties”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2023:Using only meaning-laden glances or other undetectable gestures, the Mafia members indicate to the game master which villager they’d like to off.
2007 November 4, Heidi Julavits, “Parlor Tricks”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2013:
- (qualifier:roleplaying games) A person (especially a man) conducting a game. ▸ A person (especially a man) conducting a role-playing game, generally responsible for controlling all beings and processes other than the players, either individually or as part of a team.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| game masters | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| GM | Abbr=Yes | lexicographic | |
| game-master | alternative | lexicographic | |
| gamemaster | alternative | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
referee · ST · storyteller · Dungeon Master · dungeon master
Translations (15)
eo ludestro (Translations) · fi pelinjohtaja (Translations) · pt mestre de jogo (Translations) · fr MJ (Translations) · pl mistrz gry (Translations) · de Spielleiter (Translations) · pt mestre (Translations) · io ludoduktanto (Translations) · pl mistrzyni gry (Translations) · eo ludmajstro (Translations) · ia maestro del joco (Translations) · pl osoba mistrzująca grze (Translations) · eo ludgvidanto (Translations) · ca administrador de joc (Translations) · fr maître de jeu (Translations)