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The same meaning as saying someone is a master of their craft?

• edoceo 6y ago
  Arent master of craft and master bits same/similar? And what about the name Owner for things? I'm in favour of these moves but they feel like empty gestures to me.
  • j4nt4b 6y ago
    That's a good question for pet owners who come on high-handed about animal rights: "So if your pet is a person, why does it need an owner?"
    • edoceo 6y ago
      When my cat was still alive I called myself "cat daddy" - but mostly because of jazz & jazz cabbage
• ithkuil 6y ago
  That's what happens when latin disappears from the default baggage of an educated person and you can no longer recognize etymologies: master comes from magister (teacher). The owner of slaves was the dominus (which begat words like domain etc)
  • acephal 6y ago
    As well as Don and Doña
    • ithkuil 6y ago
      Yea. Like the italian "donna", which now means just "woman" (neutral, no honorifics) While we're at that: Ma,am -> madam -> ma dame -> mea domina (my mistress)