MASTERLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does masterless mean? 

• MASTERLESS (adjective)
  The adjective MASTERLESS has 1 sense:

1. having no lord or master

  Familiarity information: MASTERLESS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTERLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having no lord or master

Synonyms:

lordless; masterless

Context example:

harsh punishments for sturdy vagabonds and masterless men

Similar:

uncontrolled (not being under control; out of control)

 Context examples 

Alleyne lost no time in following the directions of the wild, masterless man, whom he left among the trees where he had found him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If I were a masterless and stray dog, I know that you would not turn me from your hearth to-night: as it is, I really have no fear.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The peace of Bretigny hath not made much change in these parts, quoth Sir Nigel, for the country is overrun with free companions and masterless men.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For when ye had left us, this evil man gathered around him all outlaws, villeins, and masterless men, until they were come to such a force that they slew and scattered the king's men who went against them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are as many masterless folk in this country as there are rabbits on Cowdray Down, and there are many who show their faces by night but would dance in a hempen collar if they stirred forth in the day.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)