Home › Words › M › mastheadmastheadmasthead means the top of a mast.EtymologyFrom mast + head.nounThe top of a mast.The list of a newspaper's or another periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.The title (normally in a large and distinctive font, and at the top of the front page) of a newspaper or another periodical.e.g.“Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead.” — 2022 July 14, Stephen Johnson, “Aussie woman given flowers in viral stunt blasts TikTok star”, in Mail Online:The title (normally in a large and distinctive font, and at the top of the front page) of a newspaper or another periodical.; The publication itself, or the rights to publish it.The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.verbTo send to the masthead as a punishment.e.g.““I was mast-headed, sir.” “Mast-headed! how - for what?”” — 1838, Frederick Marryat, Rattlin the Reefer:To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.e.g.“It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper."” — 1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny, page 542:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).