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To be fair, it's a loanword from Dutch's baas, which is 'master'. It's just been part of the English lexicon for so long that the original connotation has large
by sithadmin 9y ago
To be fair, it's a loanword from Dutch's baas, which is 'master'. It's just been part of the English lexicon for so long that the original connotation has largely been lost for most English speakers.
- goodcanadian 9y agoFair enough, but "master" also has no negative connotations for me. It roughly means "in charge of." The postmaster is in charge of running the post office. The ship's master is in charge of the day to day running of the ship (though he takes his orders from the commander). And so on.
- WaxProlix 9y ago...and a slavemaster is in charge of slaves and a dog's master is in charge of the dog.