Meaning of past master | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise.
2. Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.

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Examples

“It required a deft hand and deep knowledge of the barbaric mind effectually to handle such diverse weapons; but he was a past-master in the art, knowing when to conciliate and when to threaten with Jove-like wrath.”

“Hervey responded with such volubility that anyone could see he was a pastmaster in Castilian swearing.”

“The Hon. Morison was a past master in the art of insidious boasting.”

“Winterbottom is a past master at lending the traditional story-telling format to real stories of the modern world at war.”

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