masthead
Also called flag. 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.
Also called nameplate. a line of type on the front page of a newspaper or the cover of a periodical giving the name of the publication.
to hoist a yard to the fullest extent.
to hoist to the truck of a mast, as a flag.
to send to the upper end of a mast as a punishment.
Nautical. run up to the head of a mast: masthead rig.
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How to use masthead in a sentence
Show me mastheads with people of color at the top and restaurants where workers share in the profits.
On their masthead, the Rays list 27 baseball operations employees with titles that include some combination of “baseball systems,” “research and development” and the like.
The Victor Robles lesson: The Nationals need to rebuild by reinvesting | Barry Svrluga | September 1, 2021 | Washington PostAs our newsroom has grown, we also created a new masthead team to strengthen and diversify our leadership.
What ProPublica Is Doing About Diversity in 2021 | by Caroline Chen, Lena V. Groeger and Liz Sharp | March 15, 2021 | ProPublicaStarting next year, YouTube will price its homepage masthead ad unit on an impression basis only rather than allow advertisers to reserve the spot for an entire day.
Social Shorts: Snapchat advertiser certifications, YouTube masthead ads go full CPM, more | Ginny Marvin | November 9, 2020 | Search Engine LandWith these appointments, ProPublica’s masthead team will consist of Engelberg, managing editors Fields and Ornstein, deputy managing editors Thompson, Weber, Scott Klein and Eric Umansky, and assistant managing editors Sorbara and Zayas.
ProPublica Announces Six Staff Promotions, Creates New Masthead Team | by ProPublica | September 8, 2020 | ProPublica
System, a new publication run out of London, has a very imposing masthead.
The Coolest New Fashion Magazine: System, Which Features Nicolas Ghesquière | Alice Cavanagh | May 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd at both papers, the upper levels of the masthead remained strictly male.
Today, the Daily Pennsylvanian masthead is at least half female, and the last three executive editors have been women.
The top of the masthead has been occupied by four people in the last five years.
The breakers from the masthead, bearing south-east, distant eight or nine miles.
The new smack was flying a flag at her masthead, but Jim could not read well enough to make out the inscription on the flag.
The Chequers | James RuncimanBut Thorgils waxed silent, and sent a man to the masthead suddenly, for some reason which was not plain to me.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. WhistlerHe could see a masthead light, her red light (with glasses), and a "glare of white lights on her afterdeck."
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentHe first thought her masthead light was flickering and next thought it was a Morse light, "calling us up."
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British Government
British Dictionary definitions for masthead
/ (ˈmɑːstˌhɛd) /
nautical
the head of a mast
(as modifier): masthead sail
Also called: flag the name of a newspaper or periodical, its proprietors, staff, etc, printed in large type at the top of the front page
to send (a sailor) to the masthead as a punishment
to raise (a sail) to the masthead
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