archmaster

Noun

1. A chief and superior master.
   • It is replete with interesting information of old time necromancers, constructors of automata, good stories of contemporary magicians, exposés of Marabout miracles, and last but not least the fascinating adventures of...
   • His reputation as archmaster in deception not only makes his failure more amusing in itself, but makes it appear as the almost direct consequence of his last piece of cunning. - 1932, Germaine Dempster, Dramatic Irony...
   • The true archmaster can teach, demonstrate, distribute, describe, and judge all natural things. - 2009, Philip Ashley Fanning, Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy: An Alternative View of the Scientific...