maître (English spelling)

Japanese: maître(英語表記)maitre
maître (English spelling)

…Of these, doctor (Latin: doctor) is derived from doceo (to teach) and was a title given to a person to prove his/her qualification as a university teacher. Master (Latin: magister, French: maître) is a word meaning a master or a master, and by extension it means a principal or a teacher. On the other hand, bachelor originally meant a knight who was a vassal of a lord but did not yet have any fief or land, or an adult serf who lived on his/her master's premises without any cultivated land. …

From the Site Supervisor:

... refers to a person who is in a position to lead the workers in the workplace and direct the execution of tasks in the workplace, and is also called the first line supervisor. For example, the Japanese foreman, the American and British foreman, the German Meister, the French maître, and the Nordic, Eastern European, and Russian meister are examples of this. Because of their position within the industrial organization, the site supervisor is an important factor in production efficiency and other labor relations, and today is also called the "key man of industry." ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "maître" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このうち,ドクター(ラテン語doctor)はdoceo(教える)を語源とし,大学の教師資格を証明する称号であった。マスター(ラテン語でmagister,フランス語でmaître)は親方,主人という語であり,転じて校長,教師といった意味をもつ。一方,バチェラーはもともと,領主の家臣でまだ知行,封土をもたない騎士や,耕地をもたずに主人の屋敷に住む成人の農奴などを意味した。…

【現場監督者】より

…職場の労働者を統率し,職場の課業の遂行を指揮する立場にある人を指し,第一線監督者first line supervisorともいう。たとえば,日本の職長,アメリカやイギリスのフォアマンforeman,ドイツのマイスターMeister,フランスのメートルmaître,北欧や東欧やロシアのメイステルmeisterがこれに相当する。 現場監督者は産業組織内のその立場からして,生産能率やその他の労働関係に対して重要な要素をもち,今日では〈産業のキーマン〉ともいわれている。…

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