dominus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: a lord or master; a title formerly applied to a knight, cleric, or academic master

   The chronicler addressed the abbot as dominus of the estate.

2. 2
   noun

   law: an owner rather than a user, or a principal rather than an agent

   The court treated the landholder as dominus and the tenant as user.

Borrowed directly from Latin dominus, 'lord, master, or owner.' It survives in historical titles and in technical legal contrasts such as owner versus user and principal versus agent.

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