master

Roget-categorie 745

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#745. Master

zelfstandig naamwoord

master, padrone — lord, lord paramount — commander, commandant — captain — chief, chieftain — sirdar^†, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator — leader etc. (director) 694 — boss, cockarouse^†, sagamore, werowance^†.
lord of the ascendant — cock of the walk, cock of the roost — gray mare — mistress.
potentate — liege, liege lord — suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch.
crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator [Lat.], protector, president, stadholder^†, judge.
ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan^†, grand Turk, caliph, imaum^†, shah, padishah^†, sophi^†, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno [Jap.], inca, cazique^† — voivode^† — landamman^† — seyyid^† — Abuna^†, cacique^†, czarowitz^†, grand seignior.
prince, duke etc. (nobility) 875 — archduke, doge, elector — seignior — marland^†, margrave — rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam^†, nawab.
empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine^† — czarevna^†, czarita^† — maharani, rani, rectrix^†.
regent, viceroy, exarch^†, palatine, khedive, hospodar^†, beglerbeg^†, three-tailed bashaw^†, pasha, bashaw^†, bey, beg, dey^†, scherif^†, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar^†, nabob, maharajah — burgrave^† — laird etc. (proprietor) 779 — collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon^†.
the authorities, the powers that be, the government — staff, etat major [Fr.], aga^†, official, man in office, person in authority — sircar^†, sirkar^†, Sublime Porte.
[Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal^† — general, generalissimo — commander in chief, seraskier^†, hetman^† — lieutenant general, major general — colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar^†, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer — sergeant, sergeant major — color sergeant — corporal, corporal major — lance corporal, acting corporal — drum major — captain general, dizdar^†, knight marshal, naik^†, pendragon.
[Civil authorities] mayor, mayoralty — prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic — alcalde^†, alcaid^† — burgomaster, corregidor^†, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve^† — lord mayor — officer etc. (executive) 965 — dewan^†, fonctionnaire [Fr.].
[Naval authorities] admiral, admiralty — rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral — commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD — navarch^†.

uitdrukking

da locum melioribus [Lat.] — der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats [G.], the prince is the first servant of his state — lord of thy presence and no land beside" [King John].

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