Definition of "maistry"

maistry¹

noun
1. Obsolete form of mastery.

maistry²

noun
plural maistries
1. (obsolete, India) A foreman.
  Quotations
  Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “Well, yes, of a kind. I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”
  1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings
2. (obsolete, India) Any artisan, such as a cook or a tailor.