masthead
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masthead
Where it comes from
From mast + head.
noun mastheads
- The top of a mast. No, when I go to sea, I go as a simple sailor, right before the mast, plumb down into the forecastle, aloft there to the royal mast-head. True, they rather order me about some, and make me jump from spar to spar, like a grasshopper in a May meadow.
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The list of a newspaper's or another periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
Similar: imprint
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The title (normally in a large and distinctive font, and at the top of the front page) of a newspaper or another periodical.
Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead.
Similar: nameplate
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The publication itself, or the rights to publish it.
Similar: nameplate
- The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.
verb mastheads · mastheading · mastheaded
- To send to the masthead as a punishment. “I was mast-headed, sir.” “Mast-headed! how - for what?”
- To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead. It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper."
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noun title
| Deutsch | Titel |
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noun top of the mast
| Deutsch | Mastspitze |
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noun list of a paper's main staff
| Deutsch | Mitarbeiterverzeichnis |
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Talk about this word "masthead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/masthead. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. masthead. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/masthead "masthead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/masthead.Cite this
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title = {masthead},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/masthead},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
