Word Meanings - CONCERTMEISTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.

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• ORCHESTRAL
  Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.
• MASTERSHIP
  1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what
• MASTEROUS
  Masterly. Milton.
• CONCERTMEISTER
  The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.
• CONCERTATIVE
  Contentious; quarrelsome. Bailey.
• MASTERFULLY
  In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
• CONCERTION
  Act of concerting; adjustment. Young.
• MASTERSINGER
  One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
• CONCERTATION
  Strife; contention. Bailey.
• MASTER
  A vessel having masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
• CONCERT OF THE POWERS
  An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question.
• CONCERTINA
  A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.
• CONCERTINO
  A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.
• VIOLINIST
  A player on the violin.
• MASTERLINESS
  The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.
• ORCHESTRATION
  The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
• MASTERLY
  1. Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. "A wise and masterly inactivity." Sir
• MASTERLESS
  Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. -- Mas"ter*less*ness, n.
• CONCERTED
  Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals. Concerted piece , a composition in parts for several voices or instrument, as a trio, a quartet, etc.
• MASTERHOOD
  The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector. C. Bronté.
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• BAGGAGE MASTER
  One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
• TOASTMASTER
  A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
• RINGLEADER
  1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow. 2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of
• TASKMASTER
  One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.
• BANDMASTER
  The conductor of a musical band.
• PRECONCERTED
  Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.
• HARBOR MASTER
  An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
• ROUGHSTRINGS
  Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
• WEIGHMASTER
  One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
• DISCONCERT
  1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. 2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted
• BEEMASTER
  One who keeps bees.
• POSTMASTERSHIP
  The office of postmaster.
• PLEADER
  One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader. (more info) 1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.
• BARMASTER
  Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.
• POSTMASTER-GENERAL
  The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.