"grandmaster" meaning in English

See grandmaster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-grandmaster.wav [US] Forms: grandmasters [plural]
Etymology: grand + master Etymology templates: {{compound|en|grand|master}} grand + master Head templates: {{en-noun}} grandmaster (plural grandmasters)
  1. Alternative spelling of Grandmaster Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Grandmaster
    Sense id: en-grandmaster-en-noun-8ce8F9IZ
  2. A master in a field, whose skills or accomplishments exceed those of other masters. Categories (topical): Stock characters
    Sense id: en-grandmaster-en-noun-WNeXyAM1 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grand master Derived forms: great grandmaster

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Alternative forms

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