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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

M`ARS, n. In mythology, the god of war; in modern usage, a planet; and in the old chimistry, a term for iron.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; "Mars has two satellites" [syn: Mars, Red Planet]
2: (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin Mart-, Mars Date: 14th century 1. the Roman god of war — compare Ares 2. the planet fourth in order from the sun and conspicuous for its red color — see planet table

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a reddish planet, fourth in order of distance from the sun and next beyond the earth. Etymology: L Mars Martis the Roman god of war

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

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Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Bellona, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Earth, Enyo, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Magna Mater, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Odin, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Tiu, Tyr, Uranus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Woden, Wotan, Zeus, asteroid, inferior planet, major planet, minor planet, planet, planetoid, secondary planet, solar system, superior planet, terrestrial planet, wanderer