masterdom

masterdom

English

Etymology

From master +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːstədəm/

Noun

masterdom (uncountable)

1. (now rare) Dominion; rule, supremacy. [from 15th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.2:

     With cruell chaufe their courages they whet, / The maysterdome of each by force to gaine […].

References

• masterdom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• dormmates