mars

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of mar

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of mar
2. (rare, uncountable)Gules (red), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.

   “8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c. […]”

   “ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol; the Imperial Ensigns of England, impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland, which are Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars. The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France, viz. Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol. The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.”

3. (obsolete, uncountable)Iron.
4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Mas.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of multicast address resolution server.

name

1. (uncountable, usually)The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂

   “Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.”

   “‘There’s another one. There can’t be two Marses,’ said Phyllis. / And sure enough there was. A smaller red point, a little up from, and to the right of, the first.”

   “Well, see, we’re building a steam-driven solar system from a kit. (Cheaper than the Japanese miniaturized, transistorized models, which have two Marses and no Earth sometimes.)”

   “The planet Mars, seen by Cro-Magnon eyes, presumably was a blue summer world with air and water. Winter Mars, seen by modem man, a red ice-capped desert. Two Marses coincided briefly in his mind’s eye, then rushed apart into endless cycles of Red and Blue … Human fingers intended to halt Mars at the moment of perfection, and hold a whole world there!”

   “With its Mars-like landscape, visiting Gurbantunggut Desert feels like escaping to another world.”

2. (Roman, uncountable, usually)The Roman god of war.

   “Near-synonym: Ares (Greek counterpart)”

   “Mars was the lover of Venus, and together they had a daughter called Harmonia.”

3. (countable, poetic, usually)War, personified.

   “In the first half of the twentieth century, Mars devastated Europe.”

   “Mars rode upon the storm of horror and drank his fill of pain and blood. When the Serbian Army retreated before the foe, four times its own strength, it went backward facing the enemy and fighting every step of the way.”

   “A relieved world then will eagerly turn to the task of reclaiming the destruction wrought by Mars ... A tremendous task, filled with infinite possibilities ... A profitable task, according to how well you are prepared to do your part in the rehabilitation ...”

   “The plague, inevitable companion of Mars, ravaged the populace.”

4. A surname.

   “At a luncheon given yesterday at the Park Lane by Andrew H. Mars of Brooklyn for the Misses Marjorie Heather and Miriam Snyder, announcement was made of the engagement of his daughter, Miss Gladys L. Mars, to H. Grell Powers of this city.”

   “Florence Mars, a diminutive woman barely five feet tall, seemed an unlikely candidate for the defiant role she assumed. She was born on Jan. 1, 1923, to Adam Longino Mars, a lawyer, and Emily Geneva Johnson Mars, known as Neva.”

   “The economic troubles are compounded by the recent falling-out between the fort’s longtime executive director, Nicholas Westbrook, and benefactors the fort had come to rely upon: Forrest E[dward] Mars Jr. and his wife, Deborah Clarke Mars, a Ticonderoga native. […] While some 500 people made donations to the $23 million construction project, which included the new education center and upgrading utilities throughout the fort, the Marses contributed well over half the cost.”

5. A brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.

   “Easily eight foot tall, each was big, brown and glutinous - like giant Mars Bars squeezed and welded into nightmarish sculptures.”

   “Meg eyed the five cubicles, each with its curtain drawn. “Which one is he in?” ¶ “Three. Once I’d treated him to a Mars and a bottle of Fanta, he seemed happy enough to wait.””

   “A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation.”

6. A village in Semenivka urban hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Military Auxiliary Radio System.
8. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.