mester
9.9
A skilled job people learn to make or fix things
- noun
- Archaic
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- In the old village, each family was known for a particular mester such as weaving or blacksmithing.
Examples
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Learning a mester was essential for young people seeking work in the past.
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He took great pride in his mester and passed his skills to the next generation.
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The local mester taught the children how to weave.
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In our village, a skilled mester is highly respected.
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In the old village, each family was known for a particular mester such as weaving or blacksmithing.
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Learning a mester was essential for young people seeking work in the past.
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In our village, a skilled mester is highly respected.
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mester originally named someone with a skill or trade and comes from the same root as master, which means 'a person who has learned a craft well'. So a mester was a skilled worker who practiced and taught a trade.