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Mars(dictionary)
Mars(encyclopedia)
Mars(dictionary)
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Champs de Mars(tourism)
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Mars (iou)



Mars noun. [m¨»:z] ME.
[Latin Mars, Mart- (reduced form of Mavors, Mavort-) the Roman god of war (see below). Cf. MAVORS.]
The fourth planet in order of distance from the sun, whose orbit lies between those of the earth and Jupiter. ME.
The god of war of the ancient Romans, ranking in importance next to Jupiter and identified from an early period with the Greek Ares. Also fig. (arch.), warfare, warlike prowess, fortune in war. LME.
b. A great warrior. arch. M16.
Alchemy. The metal iron. LME-M18.
Heraldry. The tincture gules in the fanciful blazon of arms of sovereign princes. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
Comb.: marsquake [after earthquake] a tremor or violent shaking of part of the surface of the planet Mars.