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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Martinmas  \Mar"tin*mas\,  n.  [St.  Martin  +  mass  religious 
  service.]  (Eccl.) 
  The  feast  of  St  Martin,  the  eleventh  of  November;  --  often 
  called  {martlemans}. 
 
  {Martinmas  summer},  a  period  of  calm,  warm  weather  often 
  experienced  about  the  time  of  Martinmas;  Indian  summer. 
  --Percy  Smith. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Martinmas 
  n  :  a  quarter  day  in  Scotland  [syn:  {Martinmas},  {St  Martin's 
  Day},  {November  11}] 




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