Morpheme
Meister
Type
free base
Denotation
master, highly skilled tradesman, expert, champion
Etymology
German Meister; Middle High German meister; Old High German meistar; Latin magister, from magis + -ter
Evidence
cheesemeister, concertmeister, crapmeister, crunkmeister, fraudmeister, gagmeister, greedmeister, groovemeister, horrormeister, kapellmeister, meister, meisters, nibmeister, partymeister, pollmeister, porkmeister, rapmeister, schlockmeister, spinmeister, torturemeister, tunemeister
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
meister, magister, master, and maestro are doublets
See Also
Magis, -t(e)r [-ter, -tr], Master, Maestr