Usually means: Expert with extensive previous experience.
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  1. past master: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. past master: Merriam-Webster
  3. past master: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. past master: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. past master: Collins English Dictionary
  6. past master: Vocabulary.com
  7. past-master, past master: Wordnik
  8. past master: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. past-master, past master: Wiktionary
  10. past master: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Past master, past master: Dictionary.com
  12. Past Master (disambiguation), Past Master (novel), Past master, The Past-Master: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. past master: Rhymezone
  14. past master: FreeDictionary.org
  15. past master: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. past master: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Past master: World Wide Words

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. past master: Idioms

(Note: See past_masters as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (past master)

noun:  One who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise.
noun:  (Freemasonry) Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.

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