Marseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From master.

発音

• IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)s/
  • 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)s

名詞

marse (複数形 marses)

1. (obsolete, dialectal, US, Caribbean) Alternative form of master, often used as a general title of respect.
   • ante 1887, Innes Randolph, "Good Ol' Rebel Soldier":

     I followed old Marse Robert for four year near about / Got wounded in three place and starved at Point Lookout

   • 1941, Bernice Bowden, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States‎^[1]:

     My white folks was Ad White what owned me. Called him Marse Ad. Don't call folks marse much now-days.

   • 1941, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States‎^[2]:

     All of marse Butler's people were Creek Indians.