Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of mace.
  • noun Master.
  • noun In zoöl, and botany, a male; one of the male sex: commonly denoted by the sign ♂.
  • noun An abbreviation of masculine.

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  • noun metrology milliarcsecond
  • noun A country cottage or farmstead in southern France.
  • noun Plural form of ma.
  • initialism Plural form of ma. (astronomy) milli-seconds of arc

Etymologies

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m- +‎ as

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From dialectal French mas, Occitan mas.

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  • 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