Masthead (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
  2. a line of type on the front page of a newspaper or the cover of a periodical giving the name of the publication.
  3. Nautical.
    • the head of a mast.
    • the uppermost point of a mast.
verb (used with object) Nautical.
  1. to hoist a yard to the fullest extent.
  2. to hoist to the truck of a mast, as a flag.
  3. to send to the upper end of a mast as a punishment.
adjective
  1. run up to the head of a mast: masthead rig.
noun
  1. nautical
    • the head of a mast
    • (as modifier)
  2. the name of a newspaper or periodical, its proprietors, staff, etc, printed in large type at the top of the front page
verb (tr)
  1. to send (a sailor) to the masthead as a punishment
  2. to raise (a sail) to the masthead
Masthead (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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