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minus-squareBgugi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoIn England, that word was used as a polite honorific, a forerunner to “mister” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address)
minus-squareroot_beer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s still used (even in the US) by older people for boys not yet of age. My grandma, who died in 2009 and would have been 103 this April, would send me birthday cards addressed to “Master [root_beer]” when I was a kid.
In England, that word was used as a polite honorific, a forerunner to “mister” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address)
It’s still used (even in the US) by older people for boys not yet of age. My grandma, who died in 2009 and would have been 103 this April, would send me birthday cards addressed to “Master [root_beer]” when I was a kid.