The master fader on a lighting control desk which controls all the other faders. No matter what position the other faders are in, if the Grand Master is set to zero, they do not function. If another fader is set to 50% and the GM is at 100%, then the lanterns controlled by that fader will be at 50%; if the GM is set at 50%, then the other fader's lanterns will be at 25%.
title of the heads of the military orders of Templars and Hospitallers
THE leader of a Hash chapter
mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the kennel; also Hash Master
head of an order of knighthood, with rights of fons honorum.
The elected leader of the Grand Lodge. In California, this position changes annually in October.
(da shang-shi): A Master’s master.
Grand Master is the typical title of the supreme head (in some national orders below the Sovereign Head of state) of various orders of knighthood, including military orders, various religious orders, and some sectarian orders such as the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Orange Order.
In Freemasonry the Grand Master is the supreme ruler of the Craft within a given jurisdiction. He presides over his Grand Lodge and has certain rights in each private lodge (constituent lodge) within his jurisdiction.
