marse

plural marses · alternative Marse

1. CaribbeanUSalternativedialectalobsoleteAlternative form of master, often used as a general title of respect.

   All of marse Butler's people were Creek Indians.

   1941, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States

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

   ante 1887, Innes Randolph, "Good Ol' Rebel Soldier"

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

   1941, Bernice Bowden, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States

1. A female given name.
2. A surname.