Dictionary

Mas en · NOUN

Etymology

Shortened from master.

Meanings

1. (historical, in representations of US and Caribbean dialect) Master, used as a title of respect.
   • ‘Thank ee, Mas’ Norman,’ replied Jim, touching his cap. 1921, Henry Williamson, The Beautiful Years:
   • Why, Mars Tom, I doan' want no rats. 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
   • Is Mass’ Stone dead? 1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:
2. (Scotland, obsolete) The title of someone holding a Master of Arts, especially a Presbyterian minister.

Forms

Deriveds

Mas John

Relateds

Mas-in