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Pronunciation : Mars
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen. Mavortis.]
Definition : 1. (Rom. Myth.)

Defn: The god of war and husbandry.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.

3. (Alchemy)

Defn: The metallic element iron, the symbol of which was the same as that of the planet Mars. [Archaic] Chaucer. Mars brown, a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913