Grandmaster

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Grandmaster and/or Grand Master can mean:

  • International Grandmaster, the highest rank of chess player
  • the title of a person Master craftsman who leads a guild or similar fraternal organization
  • Grand Master (order), the supreme head of various orders of knighthood, either honorary or military orders, where he can even be its head of state
  • Grand Master (Masonic), head of a Grand Lodge (of Freemasons). See e.g. United Grand Lodge of England
  • Some other organisations, such as the civilian households of certain princely courts, designate a most senior dignitary as Grand Master
  • A title acknowledging important or superior talent, e.g. in chess, or Grandmaster (martial arts), a title applied to an individual who has mastered a single style or has created an original, functional style. See also: iemoto

In fiction and arts:

  • DJ Grandmaster Flash, a hip-hop disc jockey
  • Grandmaster (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics' universe
  • Grandmasters (album), collaborative album by DJ Muggs and GZA
  • Grandmaster Recorders, a music recording studio in Hollywood, California
  • Grandmaster (Video Game) for the Commodore 64
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