"game master" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: game masters [plural], GM [abbreviation], game-master [alternative], gamemaster [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|abbr=GM}} game master (plural game masters, abbreviation GM)
  1. A person (especially a man) conducting a game. Coordinate_terms: game mistress
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  2. A person (especially a man) conducting a game.
    (roleplaying games) A person (especially a man) conducting a role-playing game, generally responsible for controlling all beings and processes other than the players, either individually or as part of a team.
    Coordinate_terms: game mistress Translations (Translations): administrador de joc [masculine] (Catalan), ludgvidanto [singular] (Esperanto), ludmajstro (Esperanto), ludestro (Esperanto), pelinjohtaja (Finnish), maître de jeu [masculine] (French), MJ (French), Spielleiter (German), ludoduktanto (Ido), maestro del joco (Interlingua), mistrz gry [masculine] (Polish), mistrzyni gry [feminine] (Polish), osoba mistrzująca grze [feminine] (Polish), mestre [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), mestre de jogo [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-game_master-en-noun-V92EjWiR Categories (other): Role-playing games, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Dungeons & Dragons Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Dungeons & Dragons: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dungeon master, Dungeon Master, storyteller, ST, referee Derived forms: gamemaster [verb], game mastering Related terms: master of game
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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