masterless

American  

[ma-ster-lis] / ˈmæ stər lɪs /

adjective

1. not having a master.

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Example Sentences

Framed as the killer, Ogami is ordered to commit hara-kiri, but instead takes to the countryside as a ronin — a masterless samurai — seeking revenge.

From Washington Post

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

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

Vardi, a professor at Rice University and Guggenheim fellow, said that technology presents a more subtle threat than the masterless drones that some activists fear.

From The Guardian