Definitions

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  • noun Prefix to a boy's name.
  • noun A religious teacher, often as an honorific title.
  • noun A master's degree.
  • noun A person holding a master's degree, as a title.
  • noun The owner of a slave, in some literature.
  • noun Wicca One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Father and Sage and representing a boy or a young man

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Examples

  • Sir and madam, if such you are, and young master or mistress, whichever you are " as if anyone but a mouse cared, "he added from the side of his mouth to his Master, who grinned in reply.

    Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • I put myself at your feet, at your mercy. ” “It was like the letter of a slave girl to her master, ” he said. “That is what it was, ” she said, softly. “Dress, slave, ” he said. “Yes, Master, †™ she said.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • I gape, my master! ” she said. “Do you wish to serve? ” I asked. “Yes, ” she said. “Yes! ” “Do you beg to serve? ” I asked. “Yes, Master, ” she said. “I beg to serve. ” She lifter her belly, piteously.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • Indeed, the street was deserted. “We will now return to the insula, ” I said. “Shall I heel my master? ” she asked. “No, ” I said. “Precede me. ” “Yes, Master, ” she smiled.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • Kneeling before her master, she will soon apprehended something of its joys, duties and terrors. ” “It is true, Master, ” she said. “Kneel, ” I said. “Yes, Master, ” she said.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • _To the honourable, wise Master Wilibald Pirkheimer, Burgher of Nürberg, my kind Master_.

    Albert Durer T. Sturge Moore 1907

  • An outrider of the Marquis arrived at Tod's Hole shortly after, with a message, intimating that his master would join Ravenswood at that place on the following morning; and the Master, who would otherwise have proceeded to his old retreat at Wolf's Crag, remained there accordingly to give meeting to his noble kinsman.

    The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801

  • In open forums, My master, a Soto Zen Priest and Master, let everyone speak who wanted to speak, even if they were criticizing him.

    UUpdates - All updates 2009

  • (pg. 321) “They do so quickly enough after they have become slaves, ” I said, “and have experienced slave arousal, and realize their need and helplessness, and their dependence on the master. ” “Yes, Master, ” she said. “And I sense the beginning of such things in myself. ” “So what did you do? ” I asked. “Actually, ” she smiled. “I had to do very little.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • You might look well, chained to the bench of a galley. ” “I do not think it was for such purposes that master purchased me, ” he said. “You think you are valuable? ” I asked. “Surely master thinks so, ” he said. “I heard master himself conjecture that there were free women in Ar who would pay a thousand pieces of golf for me. ” “And there are perhaps men, ” I said, “who would pay fifteen hundred. ” “Yes, Master, ” he said, putting his head down, and clenching his fists.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

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