a boss, employer, · a head of a group of people, a department, a location, etc. · a member of the upper classes who offered aid and protection to those lesser than them
çekim: çoğul patrons
eş: chef, boss, dab, singe
köken: From Old French patron (“patron, protector”), from Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).
Mon patron m’a accordé quelques jours de vacances supplémentaires.
lord; landlord; steward (landowner that operates their own farm) · landlord (owner of an area larger than 8 acres) · host, steward (person who is the organizer of an event or who acts as a representative of the organizer)
master, lord, householder (of a household or estate) · husband (owner and master of a farm) · host (of an occasion or establishment; one who is entertaining guests)
çekim: çoğul isännät · tamlayan isännän
köken: From Proto-Finnic *icäntä. Equivalent to isä (“father”) + -ntä.
master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor · owner of a residence; master of his servants and slaves · master of a feast, entertainer, host
çekim: çoğul dominī · tamlayan dominī
köken: The original identity of the second vowel of this word is unclear: * from Proto-Italic *dom-o/u-nos (“of the house”); both u- and o-stems are found in other branches; * from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domHnos (“homeowner”), from *dṓm (“house”) + *-Hō (Hoffmann's suffix) via the oblique stem *-Hn-. In either case, likely further related to domus, from Proto-Italic *domos,…
gentleman (an adult male) · mister (a formal address of an adult male) · lord (a male person that rules in an area)
çekim: çoğul herrer · tamlayan herres
köken: Borrowed from Old Saxon hērro; cognate with German Herr, Old High German hēriro, hērro (which see for more); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), thence “grey-haired” > “old” > "noble, venerable”. Compare Old English hār (whence English hoar), Old Norse hárr.