keymaster

English

Etymology

From key +‎ master.

Noun

keymaster (plural keymasters)

1. A person in charge of a key or keys.

   Coordinate term: keymistress

   • 1906, Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Industrial Democracy, page 6:

     Sometimes, however, we have the archaic box with three locks, so frequent among the gilds; and in such cases members served in rotation as "keymasters," or, as we should now say, trustees.

Anagrams

• keystream, master key, stream key