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2. Noun. (US historical colloquial) (dialect form of master from=African American Vernacular English) ¹

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Definition of Massa

1. master [n -S]

Medical Definition of Massa

1. Synonym: mass. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000)

Literary usage of Massa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"De wery number my massa told me tu has for. Tank you, massa Captain." And forthwith he and the other wo black servants in attendance on Wagtail and Gelid, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"I get all dis present to you, massa Cockle.1 ' I tell you all, ... massa like drink, why you no gib massa some tub, and den he neber say noting, ..."

3. My Southern Friends by James Roberts Gilmore (1863)
"massa, fur 'ou's so good—de Lord's so good, massa! Oh ! I feel like I should die ob joy." Here she sat down on a rude bench near by, covered her face with ..."

4. Law and Lawyers in Literature by Irving Browne (1882)
"ah ! dere massa Topper, dat prints de paper at Big 'Sophus — know him too ... I did go to get massa Lucas to plead for me, but he gone to the Court of Error ..."

5. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1815)
"Curse my old massa, sending me here and dere for one something to make ... Noting, massa; only me say you very good massa. Dieg. How now? Dieg. ..."

6. A Treasury of American Verse by Walter Learned, H. C. Edwards, Thomas McIlvaine (1897)
"Carry me till I die ; Carry me down to de buryin' groun', massa, don't you cry. Farewell to de hills, De meadows covered wid green, Old brindle Boss, ..."

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