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Search phrase: master-leaver

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Antony and CleopatraAC IV.ix.22A master-leaver and a fugitive.A Master leauer, and a fugitiue:

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archchief, master, lord
awecontrol, restrain, master
burgomasterborough-master, town official
comptrollersteward, master of ceremonies
copyoriginal, master-copy
Dan[don, short form of Latin ‘dominus’] master, sir
Donmaster, sir
goodman[title for a person under the rank of gentleman] mister, master
killput down, outdo, master
legeread, master
Machiavel[pron: 'machiavel] master of intrigue, political schemer; Machiavelli was a 16th-c Italian political theorist
magnimaster of the great heavens, do you so calmly hear crimes, so calmly see them
masterteacher, schoolmaster
masterown, possess, have at one's disposal
masterdignified form of address to a professional person
master-cordmain sinew
nunclechild-like shortening of ‘mine uncle’; guardian, master
overmasterovercome, control, master completely
patrondefender, protector, lord and master
roast, rule thehas total authority, domineer, be master
sewersupervisor, chief servant, master of ceremonies
sirgentleman, lord, gallant, master
thunder-masterlord of thunder; Jove

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borough-masterburgomaster
completely masterovermaster
intrigue, master ofMachiavel
lord and masterpatron
masterDan
masterawe
masterarch
masternuncle
mastersir
mastergoodman
masterkill
master completelyovermaster
master of ceremoniescomptroller
master of ceremoniessewer
master of intrigueMachiavel
master, beroast, rule the
master-copycopy

Themes and Topics

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Address forms
Archaisms
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Greetings
Here, there, and where
Politeness
Thou and you
Yon words
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