† ˈpass-ˌmaster Obs.
[f. pass v. or n. + master n.]
1. One who has passed as a master: = passed-master.
| 1599 Jas. 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.
| 1785 W. 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.
| 1818 Ald. Wood in Parl. Debates 1010 There was a penalty of {pstlg}20 upon the pass-master who suffered vagrants to escape. 1887 Ribton-Turner Vagrants & Vagrancy x. 241 The Pass Master for the City of London. |