Mas
Master, used as a title of respect.
Noun
- Master, used as a title of respect.
- 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:
- 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:
- ‘Thank ee, Mas’ Norman,’ replied Jim, touching his cap. - 1921, Henry Williamson, The Beautiful Years:
- The title of someone holding a Master of Arts, especially a Presbyterian minister.
Origin
Shortened from master.