Noun

(en noun)

* {{quote-book, year=, author=Paul Boyton (1848-1914), title=The Story of Paul Boyton, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="It's no harse Oi have," he solemnly responded, "but Oi've wan av the finest mares in the south av Ireland an Oi'll drive ye over for six shillin'. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Various, title=Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 10, 1917, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=At the moment the huntsman leps his harse up on the double beside us; he was phlastered with muck from his hair to his boots. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Edited by James Weldon Johnson, title=The Book of American Negro Poetry, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Sateday, de marnin' break, Soon, soon market-people wake; An' de light shine from de moon While dem boy, wid pantaloon Roll up ober dem knee-pan, 'Tep across de buccra lan' To de pastur whe' de harse Feed along wid de jackass, An' de mule cant' in de track Wid him tail up in him back, All de ketchin' to defy, No ca' how dem boy might try. }}

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete, dialectal, US, Caribbean) , 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

* {{quote-book, year=1941, author=Bernice Bowden, title=Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, chapter=, edition= citation

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

* {{quote-book, year=1941, author=Work Projects Administration, title=Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=All of marse Butler's people were Creek Indians. }}