master of the house
Example Sentences
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The bride’s mother, who is retired, was an associate master of the house for Eliot House, an undergraduate residence at Harvard.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2017
Norm is unaccustomed to humility because he has grown up as master of the house.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2016
The locals went ballistic, lawsuits were filed, and the master of the house became a virtual pariah, according to Steven Gaines, who wrote about the saga in his book “Philistines at the Hedgerow.”
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2013
The idea that you have this woman who's taking on this guy, the master of the house.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2011
“Yes?” he asks, and I silently curse the surly maid for making me go through this again after I explicitly said I wanted to speak to the master of the house.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
