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master-man|ˈmɑːstəmæn|
[f. master n.1 + man n.1 Cf. MDu. meesterman.]
†1. A chief, leader (chiefly Sc.). Obs.
13..S. Erkenwolde 201 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 270, I was committed & made a mayster-mone here To sytte vpone sayd causes. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints v. (Johannes) 402 He..vent þan to sterk thefis,..þare master man þai sone hym mad. 1424Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 8/1 Þe quhilk sall be haldyn Dekyn or maister man oure þe layff. c1470Henry Wallace iv. 87 The maistir man with sa gud will straik he [etc.]. 1616Orkney Witch Trial in Dalyell Darker Superst. Scot. (1834) 536 Ane great number of fairie men mett her [together with] a maister man.
b. dial. ‘The head of a household or family, a husband’ (E.D.D.).
1885Hall Caine Shadow Crime I. x. 208 Towards nine the ‘maister men’ of Wythburn began to arrive. Ibid. xiii. 291 The ‘maister men..made their way..to the village inn.
2. a. A person skilled in some art or craft. (Cf. misterman, with which this word was perh. sometimes confused.) Obs. exc. Hist. b. An employer of work-people.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 664 To maken a tur, wel heȝ & strong..Twelwe and sexti men woren ðor-to, Meister men for to maken it so. c1400Destr. Troy 1599 All maister men þat on molde dwellis. 1825Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Indic. (1830) 39 Not a farthing even given to the hapless masterman. 1898Taunton Eng. Black Monks I. 94 Among its monks were to be found master-men. |