mas
n. countable B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈmɑz// UK //mˈæs// mas
n. a male teacher, especially in a private school or college. It is an old-fashioned word that you mostly see in books or films set in the past.
n. a male schoolmaster or tutor, particularly in a British public school or university. Archaic in modern usage; largely replaced by 'teacher' or 'instructor'.
The mas taught Latin to the boys every morning.
In the old school, the mas was a strict figure whom all the students respected and feared.
The novel portrays the mas not merely as an educator, but as a paternal authority whose moral guidance shaped the characters' entire worldview.
From French mas, from Occitan mas, from Latin mānsum, from mānsus, perfect participle of maneō (“stay, remain, abide”). Doublet of manse.