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masterless

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[ma-ster-lis] / ˈmæ stər lɪs /

adjective

  1. not having a master.


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He is also readying for his transfer to Japan by training intensively with a ronin, or masterless samurai, named Tetsuo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Watching this, I thought of, in feudal Japan, the example of the ronin, the masterless samurai.

From Slate May 30, 2018

Asano’s masterless samurai, or ronin, set out to avenge him.

From New York Times Dec. 24, 2013

The message she read was the human occupation and corruption of the masterless ocean.

From The Guardian Mar. 15, 2013

But it was taken by fell men whom the Enemy in his first strength had dominated, and who wandered homeless and masterless after his fall.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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