mars Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    Red Planet.
    • Mars has two satellites
  2. noun (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares
  3. noun the month following February and preceding April
    Mar; March.
  4. noun a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
    blemish; defect; mar.
    • a facial blemish
  5. verb make imperfect
    impair; mar; deflower; vitiate; spoil.
    • nothing marred her beauty
  6. verb destroy or injure severely
    mutilate; mar.
    • mutilated bodies

WordNet

Mars noun
Etymology
L. Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen. Mavortis.
Definitions
  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 ♂ was the same as that of the planet Mars. Archaic Chaucer.

Webster 1913