Well Donald,at least from me you can't read that word so easy.I use that word in most cases into a trascendental frame. But aplying the linguistic meaning of it,it means:Master,teacher,professor,a man eminently skillful in practice or science,the main-mast of a vessel,a title of respect in monastic orders,a title of dignity in some universities.This is according to the Velasquez dictionary,and some others. Unfortunately in these days,most words of trascennndental context are used in such a audacius way. "Il Conte" Gerardo Constantini:.