dominus
noun/ˈdɒmɪnəs/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin dominus (“master”). Doublet of dan, dom, domine, dominie, and don.
1
Historical master; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor, castle or an academic master
- The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.January 1848, The New Sporting Magazine, volume 15, page 23: