Marse
Alternative forms
Origin
From master
Full definition of marse
Noun
marse
(plural marses)- (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 Chapter , 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 Chapter , All of marse Butler's people were Creek Indians.