Master of the Universe

English Etymology 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). Pronunciation en En-au-Master of the Universe.ogg AU Noun Masters of the Universe en religion God. en 1849 William Francis Lynch Narrative Of The United States Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea Constantine inscribed these words on the pedestal:— Oh Christ! king and master of the universe, I consecrate this humble tower, this sceptre, and the power of Rome, to thee! en 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia Duty To God, the Supreme Master of the universe, our Creator, the All Holy, All Good, we owe honour, service, obedience, and love. en religion A deity. en 1879 w:James Darmesteter The Supreme God in the Indo-European Mythology Littell's Living Age 143 1845 Svarogu, the god of the ancient pagan Slavs, should no doubt equally be placed. Like Zeus, like Jupiter, like Varuna, like Ahura Mazda, he is the master of the universe, the gods are his children, and it is from him that they have received their functions. en idiomatic A powerful person. en Thesaurus:important person en 1557 s:Epistle to Henry II Nostradamus Nostradamus Edgar Leoni First, by them made obstinate by the onetime masters of the universe. en 1845 Alexander Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo I have told you, where the air is pure, where every sound soothes, where one is sure to be humbled, however proud may be his nature. I love that humiliation, I, who am master of the universe, as was Augustus en 1953 w:Fidel Castro w:History Will Absolve Me They felt themselves lords and masters of the universe, with power over life and death. en idiomatic finance business A highly successful business person. en Thesaurus:important person en 1987 w:Tom Wolfe w:The Bonfire of the Vanities Farrar Straus Giroux New York 12 https://archive.org/details/bonfireofvanitie198800wolf/page/12/mode/1up The Masters of the Universe were a set of lurid, rapacious plastic dolls that his otherwise perfect daughter liked to play with. They looked like Norse gods who lifted weights, and they had names such as Dracon, Ahor, Mangelred, and Blutong. They were unusually vulgar, even for plastic toys. Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked up the telephone and taken an order for zero-coupon bonds that had brought him a $50,000 commission, just like that, this very phrase had bubbled up into his brain. On Wall Street he and a few others—how many?—three hundred, four hundred, five hundred?—had become precisely that. . . Masters of the Universe. There was . . . no limit whatsoever! en 2007 The Wolf of Wall Street (book) The Wolf of Wall Street w:Jordan Belfort Bantam Books New York 978-0553805468 1 https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf/page/n10/mode/1up They had their suit jackets off, and at this hour of morning—9:20 a.m.—they were leaning back in their seats, reading their Wall Street Journals, and congratulating themselves on being young Masters of the Universe. en 2008 w:Boris Johnson Conservative Party Conference No matter how much you may dislike the Masters of the Universe, my friends, there are plenty of other parts of the universe that would welcome them. en 2010-06-02 Henry Samuel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/7798456/Vivendi-Universals-Master-of-the-Universe-Messier-trial-begins.html Vivendi Universal's 'Master of the Universe' Messier trial begins w:The Daily Telegraph 13 July 2010 The man who once boasted he was "master of the universe" for making Vivendi a global media giant arrived in less triumphant fashion on Wednesday – through the back door of a Paris court. https://web.archive.org/web/20100611100408/http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/7798456/Vivendi-Universals-Master-of-the-Universe-Messier-trial-begins.html 11 June 2010 en People