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Mas'n.1  Brit.  /mɑːs/, /mas/, U.S. /mæs/, /mɑs/, /mɑrs/Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: master n.1 Etymology: Shortened < master n.1 Compare mast n.4For U.S. forms mars , marse see note s.v. marm n. society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > mock title α. 1575 W. Stevenson Prol. sig. Aii Mas Doctor was sent for these gossyps to staye, Because he was Curate, and estemed full wyse. 1578 G. Whetstone v. v. sig. Fiijv Well, masse Grimball. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ (1843) 4 An Archb. is very weakely defended by masse Dean. a1592 R. Greene (1598) v. sig. I2 What sees mas Lawyer in this state amisse? 1607 B. Jonson ii. i. sig. D2v Is Mass' Stone dead? View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iv. 130 in II Sir, by both Your worshipfull Titles, and your name Mas Broker. Good morrow. 1678 S. Butler iii. ii. 165 The Isle of Wight..Where Hinderson, and th' other Masses Were sent to Cap Texts, and Put Cases. 1707 S. Centlivre i. ii. 4 Is there any thing so disagreable on Earth, as the sayings of Miss and Mass repeated? 1837 3 174 Mass Phil been very uneasy about you. 1921 H. Williamson 117 ‘Thank ee, Mas' Norman,’ replied Jim, touching his cap. 1957 J. Hearne xxviii. 180 ‘Listen to him, Mass' Carl,’ John Graham said. ‘Him know what him say.’ †2. a1638 in (1953) 1 54/2 He whoe has binne..gract with degree in the vniversities they [sc. the Scots] call Mr. Maes Richard, Maes James, Maes John etc. c1680 in J. Maidment (1868) 188 Mes Davie Mortoun blest them in the dawing. 1759 F. Douglas 8 Mess James affronted, drew his pass, And swore the carl was an ass. 1822 W. Scott I. vii. 187 I ken no spirit that would have faced the right down hammer blow of Mess John Knox. 1898 S. R. Crockett 117 Never a chiel has been fit to be the minister o' Balmaghie since auld Mess Hairry died! society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > Presbyterian 1653 C. N. 21 Your Presbyterian Tenents [will]..bring the proudest Potentates to submit to their Mas-Johns Delphian Oracle. 1672 A. Marvell i. 136 In..Scotland there were I know not how many Mas Johns restored in one day to the work of their Ministry. 1695 J. Sage (1697) 395 But Mas John takes the Chair without Election; and would not be a little grated if the best Laird in the Parish should be his Competitor. 1711 Earl of Cromarty 18 Let the parliament of Britain judge whether Moses his promulgating God's will for toleration, or the presbytry asserting Mess John's will, be the best. 1790 E. Burke 16 These new Mess-Johns in robes and coronets. View more context for this quotation 1821 J. Galt i. 14 The bairns, when they saw me coming, ran crying to their mothers, ‘Here's the feckless Mess-John.’ 1826 W. Scott III. iv. 96 You are not, I apprehend, either a Catholic priest or a Scotch Mass-John, to claim devoted obedience from your hearers. 1892 J. Lumsden 108 Up the poopit stairs the vratch did slink: The door was open, ‘Mess John waitin'.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). masn.2 Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: Partly a borrowing from Occitan. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Occitan mas; French mas. Etymology: Partly < Occitan mas, and partly < French regional mas (for both, see manse n.). society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > other types of house 1912 P. S. Allen 21 Mar. (1939) 98 Sterile sort of country,..but dotted with little farms or mas like the neighbourhood of Nîmes. 1932 R. Campbell 48 The ‘Mas’ is a mixture between a manor and a huge farm-house. 1964 F. White iv. 51 The mas, the farms, were devoted to stock-raising. 1994 15 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 40/3 ‘Why don't we share a gîte?’ she enquires sweetly. ‘Look, here's an old stone-built Provençal mas, surrounded by woods.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mas'n.3Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: masque n. Etymology: Variant of masque n. Originally and chiefly Caribbean. society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > other festivities society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [adjective] > other festivities 1956 4 194 In local pronunciation both [sc. ‘masque’ and ‘mask’] are ‘mas’ but are clearly differentiated concepts in the minds of the masquers. [Note] It is often so spelled. A costume received for the Carnival Exhibition was carefully labelled ‘beas mas’. 1956 4 228 Obscenity commonly distinguished the Old Mas' costume. 1968 R. D. Abrahams in W. M. Hudson 127 A Tobago variation on this type of Carnival activity is ‘Speech Mas'’ or ‘Speech Band.’ (Mas' is West Indian for masquerade.) 1974 17 Feb. 1/2 Hundreds of Barbadian children yesterday got their chance to ‘play mas’, when the Trinidad Women's Club of Barbados staged its annual children's carnival at Culloden Farm. 1982 14 Dec. 16/1 For almost a year Trinidad prepares for two days..when mas, or carnival, takes over this green Caribbean island. 1995 26 Aug. 29/4 Think traditional Notting Hill Carnival and you think of extravagant mas floats and costumes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : -mascomb. form < |
