past master vs winner

past master

noun
  • One who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise. 

  • Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge. 

winner

noun
  • One who has won or often wins. 

  • A point or goal that wins a competition. 

How often have the words past master and winner occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )