lord and master
"lord-and-master" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lord and master” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A husband, especially one who is domineering.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lord-and-master · lord and master · English
lord and master · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lord and master |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lord and master” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lord and master is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lord and master in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is lord and master, spelled L-O-R-D- -A-N-D- -M-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A husband, especially one who is domineering.
- 2One who has control or dominance.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lord, master.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lord and master appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She may say what she will, but I know very well that she is the most miserable-est lady alive, and I could tear his eyes out; husband, indeed? and so, because I listen'd to the fellow's love, and nonsense stutf, and took pity on him, when he was going to hang or drown himself, he must think, as soon as he has got me safe, to be my lord and master; I'd tel…
If you treat your husband as a lord, as a king, then he is going to treat you as a queen. But if you think that you can lord over him, then he is going to lord over you — he'll be your lord and master with force.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.