"massa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: massas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} massa (plural massas)
  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English. Tags: US, alt-of, colloquial, historical, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: master, representing African-American Vernacular English Synonyms: massah
    Sense id: en-massa-en-noun-s-4QyiGo Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronunciation spellings, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 1 1 0 7 0 2 0 1 10 1 1 0 16 2 0 3 1 0 4 9 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 7 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 9 1 0 0 13 2 0 3 2 0 5 7 0 0 1 2 4 1 2 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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