master
noun
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something.
masterhood
-
a word derived from
master.
Example Sentences
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It is the tongue of conquerors, the language of imperial will, of self-asserting individuality, of courage, masterhood, and freedom.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
A man by art and practice shall at least obtain such a masterhood over words as to express all that he thinks, in phrases that shall be easily understood.
From Thackeray by Anthony Trollope
There is a very hour in which a young nature, tugging, discouraged, and weary with books, rises with the consciousness of victorious power into masterhood.
From Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers by Asa Don Dickinson
The Italian artist, Giotto, once said: "You may judge my masterhood of craft by seeing that I can draw a circle unerringly."
From Music Talks with Children by Thomas Tapper
I use the word in a far wider sense, as opposed, not to masterhood, but to competition.
From Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work by John Ruskin
