Mus'n.1
/mʌs/, U.S. /məs/ English regional (chiefly Sussex).
Prefixed to a man's surname: = mister n.2 1a, master n.1 19a.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman
masterlOE
Danc1330
gentleman1416
denc1425
mastership1438
mister1523
maship1526
mast?1548
esquire1552
masterdom1575
squire1645
gentlemanship1653
Mus'1875
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ix. 84 Mus'r Jingle and Miss Rachael, in a po'-chay, from Blue Lion, Muggleton. I was there; but I couldn't stop 'em.]
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. at Master ‘Master’ is quite a distinct title from ‘Mr.’, which is always pronounced Mus, thus,—Mus Smith is the employer. Master Smith is the man he employs.
1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 224 Oh, Mus' Reynolds, Mus' Reynolds... If I knowed all was inside your head, I'd know something wuth knowin'.
1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 68 Whoever pays the taxes old Mus' Hobden owns the land.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Musn.2
/mʌs/, U.S. /məs/ Astronomy.
The constellation Musca. Chiefly as postmodifier, designating a star of this constellation.
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1922 Trans. Internat. Astron. Union 1 158 The following resolutions were adopted [at the first General Assembly of the IAU]: (1) The exclusive use of the Latin names of the constellations. (2) The adoption of the three-letter abbreviations proposed by Profs. Hertzsprung and Russell for the representation of the 88 principal constellations... Men Mensa... Mic Microscopium... Mon Monoceros... Mus Musca.
1930 C. H. Payne Stars High Luminosity 308 (table) S Mus.
1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets vi. 249 β Mus (b 29) is a good test object for a 3-inch telescope, with magnitudes 3.9 and 4.2.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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