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The bedroom where the Master slept Master of course not being specific to slavery - it was in wide use before. Mastering a subject means to be better than those who aren't masters. The term comes from Latin magister, which means things like 'head' or 'teacher'. It evolved to maestro in Italian, and predated the atlantic slave trade by over a millenia.