master

Someone who has control over something or someone.

We are masters of the sea.

Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.

The owner of an animal or slave.

The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.

Master at two-and-twenty, and married at twenty-three—

A male head of household.

Someone who employs others.

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

Masterful.

a master performance

Main, principal or predominant.

Highly skilled.

master batsman

In another minute she lay peaceful and motionless under the anæsthetic — a statue, immobile, yet expressionful, as though carved by some master hand.

Original.

master copy

To be a master.

To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it cost blows.

Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'

To learn to a high degree of proficiency.

It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.

To own; to possess.

[…]the wealth / That the world maſters.

To make a master copy of.