See also:

• DOMINUS (from an Indo-European root dam-, cf. Gr. Sapav, to subdue, and Eng. " tame ")

DOMINUS (from an Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root See also:

• DAM

dam-, cf. Gr. Sapav, to subdue, and Eng. " tame ")  , the Latin word for See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master or owner . As a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty the See also:

• TERM

term under the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome had all the associations of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek rupavvos; refused during the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early principate, it finally became an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official title of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman emperors under See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian . See also:

• DOMINUS (from an Indo-European root dam-, cf. Gr. Sapav, to subdue, and Eng. " tame ")

Dominus, the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent being sieur, was the Latin title of the feudal (See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior and See also:

• MESNE (an Anglo-French legal form of the O. Fr. meien, mod. moyen, mean, Med. Lat. medianus, in the middle, cf. " mean ")

mesne) lords, and also"an ecclesiastical and academical title . The ecclesiastical title was rendered in See also:

• ENGLISH

English " See also:

• SIR

sir," which was a See also:

• COMMON

common prefix before the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation for See also:

• PARSONS
• PARSONS (or PERSONS), ROBERT (1546-161o)
• PARSONS, THEOPHILUS (1750-1813)

parsons, as in ' Sir See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• EVANS, SIR GEORGE DE LACY (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

Evans" in See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's Merry Wives of See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor . The academical use was for a See also:

• BACHELOR (from Med. Lat. baccalarius, with its late and rare variant baccalaris—cf. Ital. baccalare—through O. Fr. bacheler)

bachelor of arts, and so is still used at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge and other See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities . The shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " dom " is used as a prefix of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour for ecclesiastics of the Roman See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, and especially for members of the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine and other religious orders . The same form is also a title of honour in See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, as formerly in See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil, used by members of the See also:

• BLOOD

blood royal and others on whom it has been conferred by the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign . The See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish form " See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

don " is also a title, formerly applicable only to the See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility, and now one of See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy and respect applied to any member of the better classes . The feminine form " donna " is similarly applied to a See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady . The English colloquial use of " don" for a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow or See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor of a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at a university is derived either from an application of the Spanish title to one having authority or position, or from the academical use of dominus . The earliest use of the word in this sense appears, according to the New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South's Sermons (166o) . An English corruption " See also:

• DAN

dan " was in early use as a title of respect, equivalent to " master." The particular See also:

• LITERARY

literary application to poets is due to See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• SPENSER, JOHN (1559-1614)

Spenser's use of " Dan See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer, well of English undefyled (Faery See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen, IV. ii .

32) .