Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mars"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mars \Mars\, n. [L. Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen.
Mavortis.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The god of war and husbandry.
2. (Astron.) 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
[male] was the same as that of the planet Mars. [Archaic]
--Chaucer.
{Mars brown}, a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Mars
n 1: the 4th planet from the sun [syn: {Mars}, {Red Planet}]
2: (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father
of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares [syn: {Mars}]
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