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