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Marse vs Marae - What's the difference?

marse | marae |

As nouns the difference between marse and marae

is that marse is (obsolete|dialectal|us|caribbean) , often used as a general title of respect while marae is (archaic) a polynesian sacred altar or enclosure.

marse

English

Alternative forms

* Marse

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. }}

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    marae

    English

    (wikipedia marae)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) a Polynesian sacred altar or enclosure
  • :* 2004': The path ended down by the sea at a crumbling ‘ingot’ of black coral, twenty yards in length & in height two men. ‘A '''''marae'' , this is called,’ Mr Wagstaff informed me. ‘All over the South Seas you see ’em, I’m told.’ — David Mitchell, ''Cloud Atlas
  • the courtyard of a Maori wharenui or meeting-house and the buildings around it
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