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Master Doug Huffman wrote:
Glock34 wrote:
GLOC K34 = sockpuppet fisted by his arrant Knight errant.
Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns and the truth. NRA KMA$$ God damn the Obamination
Master Dou
G = Useless Elitist wanna be that likes using big words :exclaim:
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Master ( form of address )
In English and Welsh society
Master was used in
England for men of some rank, especially "free masters" of a trade
guild and by any manual worker or servant employee to his employer (his master), but also generally by those lower in status to
gentlemen, priests or scholars. In the Elizabethan period it was used between equals, especially to a group ("My masters"), mainly by urban artisans and tradespeople. It was later extended to all respectable men and was the forerunner of
Mister, which is derived from it.
Master is used sometimes to describe the male head of a large estate or household who employs many
domestic workers.
After its replacement in common speech by
Mister,
Master was retained as an address for boys or young men. By the late 19th century,
etiquette dictated that men be addressed as
Mister, boys under 13 years old be addressed as
Master, and from 13 to the age of maturity males not be accorded courtesy titles. However, in more recent times it is not uncommon for secondary school boys (and sometimes older primary school boys, but not, typically, younger) to be addressed as
Mister, though some etiquette writers hold that the title
Mr should not be used until the boy has left school.
The title
Master is much less frequently used than formerly. Master is still sometimes used as the written form of address for boys of below some undefined age, often regarded as about 13 in formal correspondence, particularly invitations to formal events.
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The current UK online Passport Application form offers "Mstr" as one of five standard alternative Titles, alongside "Mr", "Mrs", "Miss" and "Ms", but without any definition or explanation of who should use this.
In Scottish society The heir to a
Scottish lordship,
barony or
viscountcy is given the honorific title
Master of followed by his father's title. For instance, the heir of
Lord Elphinstone is known as the Master of Elphinstone;
The Master of Ballantrae by
Robert Louis Stevenson is about the ignoble heir to a noble house.
Master is also commonly used to refer to males under 16 years (the general age of maturity in Scotland). The Bank of Scotland uses Master until 16, when Mr is adopted. There is no female equivalent (Miss being used unless Ms is prefered before, or sometimes after, marriage).
In Canada It was formerly common (in Anglophone Canada) for the English usage of master to be followed for boys, when addressing letters or in formal address, but use of the title Master has now largely ceased, outside of highly formal situations (such as for weddings and wedding invitations).
In
Québec,
maître is used for the law professions, as in
France (see below).
In France In
France,
maître is the correct form of address for
law professions such as
attorneys and
notaries, whether they hold a bachelor's, a master's or a doctor's degree. It is used only in professional settings.
In the United States The general usage follows the English, though less strictly. Adult males are addressed, formally, as
Mister, while boys are addressed formally as
Master, though the latter is retained only in highly formal situations (such as for weddings and wedding invitations) and by some older persons. The age at which the transition from master to mister takes place is not strictly observed, though approximately 13, or the beginning of
high school (13 to 14) is usual for those who still observe the distinction.
In institutions Some academic institutions, notably colleges within universities such as
Oxford and
Cambridge, have a post of
Master, generally being the head of the institution. In formal address it can be customary to address such persons as
Master, for example at the beginning of a speech:
Master, President, Senior Members, ladies and gentlemen:.
Within the four
Inns of Court, the governing bodies are formed by the Masters of the Bench, all of whom will be addressed by as, for example,
Master Bloggs, notwithstanding that they may be Mr Bloggs QC, Lord Bloggs or Judge Bloggs at work or in outside life. There is also a category of junior judges, the High Court Masters, who are properly addressed as
Master. In all these cases, the title
Master is applied to women as well as men.
In Canada, judicial officers (deputy judges) called
Masters may be appointed to the
Superior Court of a province, and are generally appointed to courthouses located in larger cities. Masters may adjudicate interim matters in court cases and are formally addressed as "Master" or "Sir"/"Madam".
The head of almost every London
Livery Company is the Master, and addressed as such.
The head of a
Masonic Lodge is the Master, and addressed as
Worshipful Master (not to be confused with the degree of
Master Mason, which is not a form of address.)
Some American college preparatory schools refer to their instructors as Masters, based on the British model. The head of a school is sometimes referred to as the
headmaster.
Officers serving in command of merchant vessels are formally known as the Master of the vessel. They are qualified by holding a
Master Mariner's licence.
Other uses in society Male teachers in school are often referred to as masters, in addition to the usual forms of the
headmaster,
second master, and, in a few schools, the
high master.
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A tradesman who has qualified on completion of his
apprenticeship may be described as a
Master Plumber,
Master Baker, etc., although that is not a form of address. The term is generally used to refer to an artisan considered to be at the top of their craft.
It is not appropriate to refer to an adult as “master” on account of his marital status or age relative to the person using the address. This is occasionally used as a petty insult.
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The term "
Master" can also be used in
BDSM relationships by
submissive or
slave partners, primarily to denote respect and the dominant partner's higher status in the relationship. While it is usually applied to men, some women also adopt the title in lieu of a specifically female form of address.
In fiction In fiction,
master is often used to indicate a teacher/pupil relationship or for higher-ranking persons than the speaker.
Master Harold...and the Boys, a 1982 play written by Athol Fugard, demonstrates the use of "Master" to denote the social structure of
South Africa under apartheid.
Darth Vader,
Darth Maul,
Count Dooku, among other
Sith lords, refer to
Emperor Palpatine as their master, for example when acknowledging an order with the phrase
"Yes, my Master"; young teen
Obi-Wan Kenobi refers to
Qui-Gon Jinn as 'Master' when speaking to him, as does
Anakin Skywalker to an older Obi-Wan.
'
The Master' is the main antagonist in the British science fiction drama series
Doctor Who. His full title is "Master of All Things", a title he, being a
megalomaniac, appointed himself. The name is taken from the '
Master's degree' as is the title of the leading character of the show '
The Doctor', taken from a '
doctoral degree'[
citation needed]. His arch-nemesis, the Doctor, refers to the Master's self-given title as a "psychiatrist's field day."
In the Harry Potter series, "Lord Voldemort" is also referred to as "master" by his Death Eaters.
Dou G , Thinks of himself as an Aristocrat ...Aristocracy is a form of
government in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. The term is derived from the
Greek aristokratia, meaning 'the rule of the best'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristocracy#cite_note-0 The concept evolved in
Ancient Greece, where rule by a council of prominent citizens was commonly used and contrasted with
monarchy, in which an individual king held the power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristocracy#cite_note-OED-1 Later, aristocracies primarily consisted of an elitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite aristocratic class, privileged by birth and wealth.
Like I have been telling you all along, Dou G , Thinks he's is better that you all.