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grand master

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grand master or grand·mas·ter (grndmstr)
n.
1. Abbr. GM A chess player regarded as having the highest level of ability.
2. A person of the highest competence or achievement in a field: a grand master of foreign diplomacy.
Grand Master
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the title borne by the head of any of various societies, orders, and other organizations, such as the Templars or Freemasons, or the various martial arts


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Our grand master is still to be named; for like royal kings of old times, we find the headwaters of our fraternity in nothing short of the great gods themselves.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
``For my vow,'' said the Templar, ``our Grand Master hath granted me a dispensation.
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contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand Chancellors, Great
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