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单词 pass-master
释义 ˈpass-ˌmaster Obs.
[f. pass v. or n. + master n.]
1. One who has passed as a master: = passed-master.
1599Jas. I βασιλ. Δωρον (1603) 58, I would haue you reasonably versed in them, but not preassing to bee a passe-maister in any of them.
2. = past-master 1.
1785W. O. V―n Three Knocks at Door of Free-Masonry 2 The Pass-Master hath the Compasses and Sun, with a Line of Cords about his Neck, viz. 60 Degrees.
3. An officer of a poor-law district having the charge of passing on paupers to their own parish or union.
1818Ald. Wood in Parl. Debates 1010 There was a penalty of {pstlg}20 upon the pass-master who suffered vagrants to escape.1887Ribton-Turner Vagrants & Vagrancy x. 241 The Pass Master for the City of London.
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