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.
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the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page
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the head or top of a mast
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Masthead \Mast"head`\, n. (Naut.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.
Masthead \Mast"head"\, v. t. (Naut.) To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment. --Marryat.
They invoke the "competent judgment" of the "44 Nobel laureates" who grace the Federation of American Scientists' masthead, but it has never been brought to bear on "nuclear winter."
"Gays of the World Unite," says the masthead of Gay Pravda, a newspaper which went to press in the Netherlands this week for distribution among homosexuals in the Soviet Union.
ON THE face of it, Cardiff seems to have plenty of hotels. If you emerge from Central station and look skywards slightly to the right, your eyes are met by the masthead of the Holiday Inn (182 rooms).
The masthead of the Wednesday's editions of the newspaper mistakenly said it was Thursday, and it reportedly caused havoc throughout the land.
They included the Courvoisier cognac label, the masthead of the newspaper France Soir and posters for the Comedie Francaise, Paris Opera and other leading theaters.
The fake Chicago Tribune had the newspaper's masthead but contained stories with headlines proclaiming, "U.S. at War in El Salvador," and "Death Squad Activities," Tribune officials said. The other phony newspapers had similar headlines.