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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a master's degree in arts and sciences
  2. [n]  a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
  3. [n]  informal terms for a mother
  4. [n]  one thousandth of an ampere
 
 Synonyms: AM, Artium Magister, Bay State, mama, mamma, mammy, Massachusetts, Master of Arts, mater, milliampere, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy, Old Colony
 
 See Also: A, American state, amp, ampere, Beantown, Berkshire Hills, Berkshires, Boston, Cambridge, Cape Ann, Cape Cod, capital of Massachusetts, Charles, Charles River, Concord, current unit, female parent, Gloucester, Housatonic, Housatonic River, Hub of the Universe, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, master's degree, Medford, Merrimack, Merrimack River, mother, New England, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Salem, Springfield, Worcester

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ma\ (m[aum]), n. [Cf. {Mamma}.]
    1. A child's word for mother.
    
    2. [Hind.] In Oriental countries, a respectful form of
       address given to a woman; mother. --Balfour (Cyc. of
       India).
    
    
  2. \Ma\, conj. [It.] (Mus.)
    But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, ``Vivace, ma non
    troppo presto'' (i. e., lively, but not too quick). --Moore
    (Encyc. of Music).
    
    
 
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 Definition: 

The country code for Morocco.

 
 See Also: networking

 

 

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 Related Terms: dam, foster mother, genetrix, mam, mama, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, mummy, old lady, old woman, stepmother, the old woman
 

 

 



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