"-meister" meaning in English

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Suffix

IPA: /ˈmaɪstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmaɪstɚ/ [US]
Etymology: From meister, from German Meister (“master", "champion”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|meister}} meister, {{bor|en|de|Meister||master", "champion}} German Meister (“master", "champion”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -meister, {{en-suffix}} -meister
  1. An expert on the specified subject. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--meister-en-suffix-0rheTIZp
  2. A person in charge of a specified thing. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--meister-en-suffix-tXjuZScI
  3. Attached to a person's name in humorous (or ironic) approbation. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--meister-en-suffix-8Dvh0X14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 13 65

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          "text": "The festival is something of a muso's paradise, with the Bobmeister General (you may know him as Geldof), former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman with his band The Rhythm Kings, Bernard Butler and Bert Jansch and Dublin-based electronic knob-twiddler Autamata all turning out. — \"Galway Gets Festive\", The Irish Times, July 9, 2004 http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/galway-gets-festive-1.1148459"
        },
        {
          "text": "But 2011 hasn’t started well for the Govemeister. [Reference to Michael Gove, then UK Secretary of State for Education] — engagedlearning.co.uk, January 15, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915001618/http://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=165"
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