mss.
mss. is the plural of ms..
Noun (1) capitalized: MSS.
MSS.
- plural of MS.
- 1848: Taliesin Williams, Iolo Morganwg, Thomas Price, and Owen Jones [eds.], Iolo Manuscripts, preface, pages v⁽¹⁾ and vi⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ The Collection from which the MSS. contained in this Volume were selected, was made about the beginning of the present century, by Edward Williams the Bard, better known... - [...] if, at my death, my executors, or more properly my creditors, find any precious MSS. in my desk, then here I prospectively ascribe all the honor and the glory to whaling;1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 24”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- 1848: Taliesin Williams, Iolo Morganwg, Thomas Price, and Owen Jones [eds.], Iolo Manuscripts, preface, pages v⁽¹⁾ and vi⁽²⁾
Noun (2) capitalized: Mss.
Mss.
- plural of Ms.
Origin of mss.
Abbreviation of manuscripts.
Questions about mss.
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- Mss. is the plural of ms..
- What part of speech is mss.?
- Mss. is a noun.
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