masterless

American  

[ma-ster-lis] / ˈmæ stər lɪs /

adjective

1. not having a master.

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Example Sentences

After stealing a letter containing secret information early in the game, the player’s ronin, or masterless samurai, must decide which faction most deserves it.

From New York Times

It seems unlikely that Christie will be content to continue wandering the earth like a masterless samurai, a ronin.

From New York Times

Alejandro is cousin both to the masterless swordsmen of Japanese cinema and to the lone gunslingers of the postwar Hollywood western.

From New York Times

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 Literature

Tolstoy became a favorite, as did the economist Thorstein Veblen, whose vision of the “masterless man,” Mr. Lang told a student interviewer at Swarthmore, inspired his fascination with enterprise and innovation.

From New York Times