keymaster

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noun

A person in charge of a key or keys.

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Meanings

nounkeymaster (plural keymasters)

plural keymasters

  1. A person in charge of a key or keys.

    Sometimes, however, we have the archaic box with three locks, so frequent among the gilds; and in such cases members served in rotation as "keymasters," or, as we should now say, trustees.

    1906, Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Industrial Democracy, page 6

Origin

From key + master.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

keystream
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APA

keymaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keymaster

MLA

“keymaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keymaster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keymaster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keymaster.

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