marster

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marster (plural marsters)

  1. (especially African-American Vernacular, obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of master.
    • 1787, Exceſſive Senſibility; or, The Hiſtory of Lady St. Laurence‎, volume II, London: G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, page 40:
      My Marſter doſent kep Houſe or id get enof, Dam al the Clobs tha nevar din at hom for ſum on eni.
    • 1852, “Anecdotes and Selections”, in Joseph Foulkes Winks, editor, The Christian Pioneer‎, volume VI, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., page 67:
      No, nuffin ob de kind; if de mutton was nice and fat, it would all be de same to de judge. He would not stop to axe wedder de sheep had white wool or brack wool. Well, just so it is, my frens, wid our Hebenly Marster.
    • 1941, “Anne King”, in Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves‎, volume 2, part 4, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, →OCLC, page 201:
      When they wanted to have church services and keep old marster from hearin', they'd go out in the woods and turn the wash-pot upside down. You know that would take up all the sound.

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