Mars
Mars (marz) , proper noun
[Latin Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen. Mavortis.]
1.
(Rom. Mythology) The god of war and husbandry.
2.
(Astronomy) 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) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which M was the same as that of the planet Mars. [Archaic] — Chaucer
Collocations (1)
Mars brown , a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.