Meanings
comparative more masterfast · superlative most masterfast
- archaicBound to a master
I will not make me masterfast with my Lord of Norfolk nor with none other till I speak with you; and ye think it be to be done get me a master.
1841, John Fenn, Paston Letters, page 421 more example
Two gentlemen claimed they could get no justice at the Northampton assizes against Empson's steward John Seyton, who was 'greatly masterfast and friended in the said court' through Empson's 'supportation and assurance', […]
2016, Steven J. Gunn, Henry VII's New Men and the Making of Tudor England, page 175
Origin
- Middle Englishmasterfast
- Englishmasterfast
From Middle English masterfast, mastyrfast, equivalent to master + fast.
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