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spellmaster en · NOUN

Etymology

From spell + master.

Meanings

1. An expert or consummate spellcaster.
   • The powerful empire has decided to destroy all the negative karma in the world, but Master Fuzen, the leader of a rogue clan of spellmasters, has foreseen that the spell will fail and will destroy the world instead. 2007, Michael Pawuk, Graphic Novels: A Genre Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More, Westport, Conn.; London: Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, page 200:
   • The spellmasters control powerful forces which we can use in the assault on the monster when it reaches Homeground. 1967 December, David Redd, “Sundown”, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, page 10, column 2:
   • Mendark is very old and Havissard nearly killed him. He was forced to renew himself, though he knew it was one time too many. It was not a complete success, and the best spellmasters in Thurkad have not been able to undo the damage. 1998, Ian Irvine, Dark is the Moon (The View From the Mirror Quarter; volume three), Orbit, published 2011, →ISBN, page 511:
2. An official in charge of running a spelling bee.
   • The spellmaster was Beaumont superintendent Maureen Latham, who who read the words and used them in sentences for the contestants. 2014 January 31, Julie Farren, “Beaumont Unified holds annual Spelling Bee”, in Record Gazette, page 18, column 1:
   • A group of board members has been putting together a list of words for the spelling bee, and Rothschild said during the event the spellmaster will pronounce each word, define it, use it in a sentence and then repeat it. 2016 May 21, Aviva Luttrell, “Greenfield library to hold spelling competition in conjunction with Bee Week: Anyone 16 and up encouraged to join”, in The Recorder, page B1, column 4:
   • Among the diversions will be an old-time spelling bee, captained by Frank H. Goodfellow, for the first twenty-five years, and by John B. Elliott for the last twenty-five years. Hon. James H. Craig of Harrisburg will be the spellmaster. 1929 May 14, “Golden Jubilee Banquet May 27: Students of the Hollidaysburg High School During Last Half Century Will Dine, Dance, Renew Fellowships”, in Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., page 19, column 3:

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Coordinates

spellmistress