International Master

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noun

a chess player of high ability but below the level of International Grand Master, as determined through specified types of international competitions.

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Words nearby International Master

International Joint Commission, International Labor Organization, International Labour Organisation, international law, internationally, International Master, international match point, International Modernism, International Monetary Fund, international Morse code, international nautical mile

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How to use International Master in a sentence

First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
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Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.
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While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.
The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.
The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And with some expressions of mutual good-will and interest, master and man separated.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
The "bad form" of telling a lie to the head-master is a later illustration of the same thing.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Here and there exceptional industry or extraordinary capacity raised the artisan to wealth and turned the "man" into the "master."
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
In 1883 she served with many distinguished artists on the art jury of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Why should not Aristide, past master in drumming, find an honourable position in the orchestra of the Tournée Gulland?
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for International Master

International Master

noun

chess the second highest title awarded by the FIDE to a player: won by obtaining a certain number of points during specific international chess tournamentsOften shortened to: master Compare grandmaster (def. 2)

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