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Mess John

Mess John is the alternative form of Mas John.

Meaning of Mas John

Noun

Mas John (plural Mas Johns)

  1. (humorous, obsolete) A Scottish Presbyterian minister, as opposed to an Anglican or Catholic clergyman.
    • In […] Scotland there were I know not how many Mas Johns restored in one day to the work of their Ministry.1672, Andrew Marvell, Gregory, father-Greybeard, with his vizard off

Forms of Mess John

pluralMess Johns

Questions about Mess John

What is Mess John the alternative form of?
Mess John is the alternative form of Mas John.

Words near Mess John in the dictionary

  1. mess dress
  2. mess hall
  3. mess halls
  4. mess jacket
  5. mess jackets
  6. Mess John
  7. Mess Johns
  8. mess kit
  9. mess kits
  10. mess of greens
  11. mess of pottage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mess John (page history and authors); Mas John (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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