- old master
- noun Date: 1697 a work of art by an established master and especially by any of the distinguished painters of the 16th, 17th, or early 18th century; also such an artist
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old master — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms old master : singular old master plural old masters art a) a painting by one of the famous European painters of the 16th, 17th, or 18th centuries b) the painter of an old master … English dictionary
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Old Master — noun a) Any of various early European painters whose works are regarded as superlative. b) A painting by an Old Master … Wiktionary
old master — old′ mas′ter n. 1) fia an eminent artist of an earlier period, esp. the 15th to 18th centuries 2) fia a work by such an artist • Etymology: 1945–50 … From formal English to slang
