Dan
“Cupid,”
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, iii. 1.
170.
Dan—lord, sir, master—is the
corruption of Dan, for Dominus; originally a title applied to monks, which at
last, when it became rather obsolete, was used sportively, as in the present passage.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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