masterdom en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmæstɚdəm/ (General-American)
- /ˈmɑːstədəm/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French maistrebor. Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English masterdom From master + -dom.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) Dominion; rule, supremacy.
With cruell chaufe their courages they whet, / The maysterdome of each by force to gaine […].
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC: