Mas
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mas"
English
Etymology
Shortened from master.
Noun
Mas (plural Masses)
- (now historical, chiefly in representations of US and Caribbean dialect) Master, used as a title of respect. [from 16th c.]
- 1605 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, Act II, scene i:
- Is Mass’ Stone dead?
- 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], OCLC 458431182:
- Why, Mars Tom, I doan' want no rats.
- 1921, Henry Williamson, The Beautiful Years:
- ‘Thank ee, Mas’ Norman,’ replied Jim, touching his cap.
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- (obsolete, Scotland) The title of someone holding a Master of Arts, especially a Presbyterian minister. [17th–19th c.]
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
From mas (“farmhouse”).
Haitian Creole
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