market master, noun phrase

A municipal official who administers the market of a town.
1831 S. Afr. Almanac & Dir. 166The proceedings of the Market to be under the control of a Market Master...The following Tariff of fees shall be exacted for the purpose of paying the Market Master a salary.
1845 S. Dennison in R. Edgecombe, Letters of Hannah Dennison. (1968) 210H had just obtained the Market masters Place.
1859 Queenstown Free Press 3 Aug. (Pettman)I should advise them to send the market-master..to visit our market.
1877 F. Jeppe Tvl Bk Almanac & Dir. (1976) 49Market and Poundmaster: J.G.C. Wagner; Gold Commissioner at Suikerbosch-fontein (Blaauwbank): W.S. Sanders.
1882 J. Nixon Among Boers 130A market was held every morning, at which the market master, a municipal official peculiar to South African towns, sold produce for all comers at a fixed rate.
1955 V.M. Fitzroy Dark Bright Land 121Mevrouw appealed to her husband..to back up her statement that the Market Master had assessed her berry wax.
1971 Farmer’s Weekly 12 May 47The recent conference of the Institute of Market Masters of South Africa.
1974 Grocott’s Mail 11 Apr.Market Report. The Market Master..reports as follows on the sales held at Grahamstown for the week ending April 5.
A municipal official who administers the market of a town.
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