Word Meanings - PATERFAMILIAS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.

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• SENSE
  A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing,
• MASTERSHIP
  1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what
• MASTEROUS
  Masterly. Milton.
• FAMILY
  A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
• PROPRIETOR
  One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.
• MASTERFULLY
  In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
• MASTERSINGER
  One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
• LARGE-ACRED
  Possessing much land.
• MASTER
  A vessel having masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
• LARGE-HANDED
  Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
• ESTATE
  The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm , which are the lords spiritual, the lords
• LARGE-HEARTED
  Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• MASTERLINESS
  The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.
• SENSEFUL
  Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious. "Senseful speech." Spenser. "Men, otherwise senseful and ingenious." Norris.
• MASTERLY
  1. Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. "A wise and masterly inactivity." Sir
• MASTERLESS
  Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. -- Mas"ter*less*ness, n.
• MASTERHOOD
  The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector. C. Bronté.
• MASTER VIBRATOR
  In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are used without vibrators of their own.
• PROPRIETORSHIP
  The state of being proprietor; ownership.
• PROPRIETORIAL
  Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• BAGGAGE MASTER
  One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
• INSENSE
  To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell.
• TOASTMASTER
  A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
• REESTATE
  To reëstablish. Walis.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• DEHONESTATE
  To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see
• TASKMASTER
  One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.
• BANDMASTER
  The conductor of a musical band.
• FOOL-LARGESSE
  Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.
• HARBOR MASTER
  An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
• INTESTATE
  1. Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. Blackstone. Airy succeeders of intestate joys. Shak. 2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.
• WEIGHMASTER
  One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
• BEEMASTER
  One who keeps bees.
• POSTMASTERSHIP
  The office of postmaster.