Mas John
noun1
Humorous, Obsolete A Scottish Presbyterian minister, as opposed to an Anglican or Catholic clergyman.
- In […] Scotland there were I know not how many Mas Johns restored in one day to the work of their Ministry.1672, Andrew Marvell, Gregory, father-Greybeard, with his vizard off:
- I should only stipulate that these new Mess-Johns in robes and coronets should keep some sort of bounds in the democratic and levelling principles which are expected from their titled pulpits.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 13: