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MASTERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States poet (1869-1950)
Synonyms:
Edgar Lee Masters; Masters
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb master
Context examples:
“Ay, masters, youth will be served.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My ardour was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
This White Fang quickly discovered by mixing with those that came ashore with their masters.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
His transient masters since he had come into the Northland had bred in him a fear that no master could be permanent.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Salisbury she had known to be her point on leaving Northanger; but after the first stage she had been indebted to the post-masters for the names of the places which were then to conduct her to it; so great had been her ignorance of her route.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
All these orders were duly put in execution; and in about three weeks I made a great progress in learning their language; during which time the emperor frequently honoured me with his visits, and was pleased to assist my masters in teaching me.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
You will excuse me, Musgrave, if I say that your butler appears to me to have been a very clever man, and to have had a clearer insight than ten generations of his masters.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Living constantly with right-minded and well-informed people, her heart and understanding had received every advantage of discipline and culture; and Colonel Campbell's residence being in London, every lighter talent had been done full justice to, by the attendance of first-rate masters.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Had she possessed greater leisure for the service of her girls, she would probably have supposed it unnecessary, for they were under the care of a governess, with proper masters, and could want nothing more.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
'The ship can scarce last much longer, my masters,' quoth I. 'That is your business, old swine's-head,' cried the black galliard.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
