• (metrology) From m- + as.

From French mas, Occitan mas.

mas (plural mas)

1. A country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories.

1. plural form of ma

mas (plural mas)

1. (Caribbean) A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean.

1. plural form of MA

1. (sports) Abbreviation of Malaysia

mas

1. Init of multi-agent system
2. Init of microarchitecture specification
3. (education) Init of master of applied science
4. Init of male answer syndrome
5. Init of milk-alkali syndrome

• MASc / M.A.Sc. / M. A. Sc.; MAppSc / M.App.Sc. / M. App. Sc.; MEng / M.Eng. / M. Eng.

• BAS / B.A.S. / B. A. S.

Shortened from master.

mas (plural Masses)

1. (now, historical, chiefly, in representations of US and Caribbean dialect) Master, used as a title of respect. [from 16th c.]
   • 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 ↗:

     Is Mass’ Stone dead?

   • 1884 December 9, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC ↗:

     Why, Mars Tom, I doan' want no rats.

   • 1921, Henry Williamson, The Beautiful Years:

     ‘Thank ee, Mas’ Norman,’ replied Jim, touching his cap.

2. (obsolete, Scotland) The title of someone holding a Master of Arts, especially a Presbyterian minister. [17th–19th c.]