Meaning

3 senses
  1. God

  2. (idiomatic)A powerful person.

  3. (idiomatic)A highly successful business person.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom called himself the Master of the Universe.

    deTom bezeichnete sich als Herrn des Universums. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

The "highly successful business person" sense is derived from Mattel's Masters of the Univ

The "highly successful business person" sense is derived from Mattel's Masters of the Universe toy line and media franchise, which was launched in 1982. It was first used as such in the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (see quotations).

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