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单词 lord and master
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lord and master.
a. lord and master.
(a) Often in plural. A person or (occasionally) thing with power, control, or pre-eminence over another or others; a superior. Formerly often with reference to Christ or God. In later use ironic or with pejorative connotations.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xi. 476 In þese twelue housis..þe seuen planetis ben lordis and maistris [L. dominantur].
a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) l. 1082 Wo me..Me shameþ to loke, For þat y my swete lorde and mayster forsoke.
a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 201 Henry the fifte..wolde have be Lorde and master aboute the rounde see.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) li. 172 Of late I haue lost my goode lorde and mayster.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bjv Stoope Englande stoope, and learne to knowe thy lorde and master.
1611 S. Veghelman tr. J. de L'Espine Three Godly Treat. 195 Hee is Lord and Master..; Hee is your Creator.
1694 C. Norwood Divine Eloquence 111 They were the lords and masters over them.
1703 G. Farquhar Twin-rivals iv. 45 Here I am Lord and Master without your Resignation.
a1789 W. Adams Serm. (1790) xv. 311 To tread in the steps of our Lord and Master; to resemble even God himself.
1846 Spirit of Times 4 July 218/2 A cookie who was lord and master of the culinary department.
1887 ‘Zamiel’ Eleven-twelfths Alloy 27 The injustice, meanness, toadyism and corruption of our Lords and Masters.
1975 P. Harcourt Fair Exchange ii. 121 ‘You're a Counsellor, a senior official..what advice would you give?’..‘I can't see our lords and masters asking me.’
2010 Irish Independent (Nexis) 2 Aug. Media coverage..was based on a cosy consensus that our lords and masters knew best.
(b) A husband. In later use ironic or humorous.
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1665 R. Verney Let. 5 June in M. M. Verney Mem. (1899) IV. iv. 122 Peg Gardner saw your Lord and Master with some gentlemen in Parke.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 251 Your Lord and Master came in very moody.
1797 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Wife III. xiv. 261 This had been one of her Lord and master's rambling days.
1816 J. Austen Emma III. xvi. 300 I am waiting for my View more context for this quotation
1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. vii. 126 She was not going to be one of the womankind sitting up in a row till their lords and masters should be pleased to want them!
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 609 The erring fair one begging forgiveness of her lord and master.
1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo viii. 343 And as to your wife,..exercise the droit de seigneur. You're her lord and master.
2015 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Jan. Apparently her new lord and master does not appreciate how much it costs to keep her looking this good.
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