masthead

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
noun the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page
noun the head or top of a mast

From mast + head.

Once a light shone upon the masthead. — The Frozen Pirate, William Clark Russell
Some officers were already perched on the mastheads. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
"There she blows!" sang out the man at the masthead again. — The World of Ice, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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