Re: elpa.git and `new-master`

[Pankaj Jangid]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> * Overview of noun master
>
> The noun master has 10 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
> 1. (8) maestro, master -- (an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the 
> violin"; "one of the old masters")
> 2. (5) overlord, master, lord -- (a person who has general authority over 
> others)
> 3. (1) victor, master, superior -- (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)
> 4. (1) master -- (directs the work of others)
> 5. (1) headmaster, schoolmaster, master -- (presiding officer of a school)
> 6. (1) master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio 
> recording) from which copies can be made)
> 7. master, captain, sea captain, skipper -- (an officer who is licensed to 
> command a merchant ship)
> 8. master -- (someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution)
> 9. master, professional -- (an authority qualified to teach apprentices)
> 10. passkey, passe-partout, master key, master -- (key that secures entrance 
> everywhere)

>
> * Overview of adj main
>
> The adj main has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
> 1. (33) chief, main, primary, principal, master -- (most important
> element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid
> glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example";
> "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master
> switch")
> 2. independent, main -- ((of a clause) capable of standing
> syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent)
> clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb")
> 3. main -- (of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength")

I come from India. And the word is assimilated into Hindi vocabulary as
well. Master => Teacher, and in some contexts “master” also means an
expert.