masterling

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English

Etymology

From master +‎ -ling.

Noun

masterling (plural masterlings)

  1. A young, little, or petty master; a lordling.
    • 1855, Jean Calvin, Jules Bonnet, David Constable (Esq. advocate), Letters of John Calvin - Volume 1 - Page 389:
      By no means; for as the Father is God, and the Son God, so each is the Beginning. Neither are there two, but one Beginning. Now, let your little masterling go his way, and, with a bold front, flout at us.

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