ˈmȧsə, ˈmasə noun
or marse ˈmȧs ; or mar·sa ˈmȧsə
( -s )
Etymology: by alteration
: master — used especially to represent southern Negro speech
this Louisiana sugar planter was called massa by a hundred Negroes — Katharine L. Bates
ˈmȧsə, ˈmasə noun
or marse ˈmȧs ; or mar·sa ˈmȧsə
( -s )
Etymology: by alteration
: master — used especially to represent southern Negro speech
this Louisiana sugar planter was called massa by a hundred Negroes — Katharine L. Bates
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012