master

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He's very smart, a bit neurotic, devoted to his master (if sometimes confused about whether he or the master is the master), and always looking for people to herd.

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  1. noun One that has control over another or others.
  2. noun The owner or keeper of an animal: The dog ran toward its master.
  3. noun The owner of a slave.

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  • He's very smart, a bit neurotic, devoted to his master (if sometimes confused about whether he or the master is the master), and always looking for people to herd. —  News & Record Article Feed
  • As soon as they had a glass, Dimitri observed, "Your master is a fine liberal fellow, and I would serve him to the last day of my life; but you see that the reasons you give for your master being here are the same as are given by everybody else, whether they come as spies or secret emissaries, or to foment insurrection; that answer, therefore, is considered as no answer at all by the police (although very often a true one), and they will try to find out whether it is so or not What other cause can a gentleman like him have for coming here? —  The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook
  • They would not, either, willingly attack the senor padre's servant; and so by daybreak to-morrow I will depart, as my master will be anxious to hear of your arrival We sent many messages to the kind padre; and my father especially invited him to come to our house, should he at any time find himself threatened by the Spaniards on account of his Liberal principles. —  The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
  • At his heels followed a huge mastiff, who growled fiercely as his master was addressing us. —  The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa
  • Suddenly, just as the master was about to speak, a servant appeared with a telegram in his hand. —  The Boy Scouts on the Trail
 

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father ·  king ·  lady ·  officer ·  teacher ·  chief ·  doctor ·  author ·  fellow ·  servant ·  kind

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master:   masters ·  mastering ·  mastered
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  1. Middle English, from Old English māgister, mægister and Old French maistre, both from Latin magister; see meg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also mester (dial.) and mister, the latter now differentiated in use (see mister); from Middle English maister, mayster, meister, maistre, from Old French maistre, French maitre = Provencal majstre, maestre, mestre, mayestre = Spanish maestre, maestro, Old Spanish mestro, mestre = Portuguese mestre = Italian maestro, mastro = Anglo-Saxon mæ, magister, mægster, mœ¯ster = Old Saxon mēster = OFries. māstere, mester = Dutch meester = Middle Low German mēster, meister, Low German meester = Old High German meistar, Middle High German G. meister = Icelandic meistari = Swedish mästare = Danish mester, master, from Latin magister, a chief, head, director, president, leader, teacher, in Middle Latin Roman and Teutonic applied to various superior officers, in titles, etc., and hence a conventional prefix; in Old Latin magester; with formative -is-ter, -es-ter (as in the opposite minister, a servant), from mag-, in magnus, great: see main, magnitude, major, etc.
  2. = Dutch meesteren = Middle Low German mēsteren, meisteren = Old High German meisterōn, meistrōn, Middle High German G. meistern = Swedish mästra = Danish mestre, master; from the noun.
  3. from mast + -er.
 

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