Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Master.
- noun In zoöl, and botany, a male; one of the male sex: commonly denoted by the sign ♂.
- noun An abbreviation of
masculine . - noun A Middle English form of
mace .
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- noun Plural form of
ma . - initialism Plural form of
ma . (astronomy ) milli-seconds of arc - noun A country
cottage orfarmstead in southern France. - noun metrology
milliarcsecond
Etymologies
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Examples
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Amid all the horrors and anxieties of that dreadful year, while my old school-mate, General George B. McClellan, was delaying and demanding more men -- _mas y mas y mas_ -- I still had as many happy hours as had ever come into any year of my life.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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$mas xmas x-mas christmas hannukah channukah kwanzaa solstice holiday thanksgiving by Jim Strider
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[Footnote 1: The word mas, which is kin with the English manse and mansion, signifies the home in the country with numerous outbuildings grouped closely about it.]
Frederic Mistral Downer, Charles A 1901
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Sin mas por el momento agradesco sus atenciones y aplaudo sus logros encaminados hacia una utilizacion de combustibles renovables
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Hydrogen Breakthrough 2008
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Robin’s already posted EPIC up there, so we know that when 2014 actually rolls around, we can look back and laugh at how far our predictions diverged from reality, as we perform remote upgrades on our Digital Consciousness servers and sip calorie-free nanolattes in massively multiplayer gridcaf
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Let's see dum dums, if the mas was a political candidate for public office then it is understandable how the media would identify him as a politician.
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Let's see dum dums, if the mas was a political candidate for public office then it is understandable how the media would identify him as a politician.
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Appreciation was expressed over the flavor of "a kind of root, baked, which the Spaniards called mas kurl" (mescal).
Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert James H. McClintock
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We did not pause to examine them, although our natives pointed them out with the expressive word mas
Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Rounsevelle Wildman 1882
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They have a small thin adulterated gold coin, rudely stamped with Arabic characters, called mas or massiah.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
oroboros commented on the word mas
The tendency of men to offer answers, even in areas completely out of their purview. Got to be related to the tendency of men not to ask for directions.
September 9, 2007