From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmaster craftsman/chef/plumber etcmaster craftsman/chef/plumber etcsomeone who is very skilled at a particular job, especially a job that involves working with your hands a society of master chefs → master
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master craftsman/chef/plumber etc• The knight speaks for the landed interest, the merchant for international trade, and the capper for the working master craftsman.• His problem was solved by Bill Bird, a master craftsman, based at Blockley in Gloucestershire.• Better-heeled artificers must almost certainly have been master craftsmen employing labour themselves.• I., will resume its master chefs series in the autumn.• Some became apprentices who worked beside a master craftsman to become competent in their field.• Here passengers ate delicacies prepared by a master chef under an arched ceiling of embossed leather and oil paintings.• A society of master chefs was formed to achieve professional status similar to that of doctors or lawyers for its members.• They work under the supervision of a Meister, a master craftsman who also is a skilled teacher. 