maître d'hôtel (Fr.), a house-steward, a hotel-keeper.

maladie du pays (Fr.), home-sickness.

malâ fide (L.), with bad faith: treacherously.

mal à propos (Fr.), ill-timed.

mal de mer (Fr.), sea-sickness.

malentendu (Fr.), a misunderstanding.

malgré nous (Fr.), in spite of us.

mandamus (L.), we command: a writ or command issued by a higher court to a lower.

mariage de convenance (Fr.), marriage from interest rather than love.

Massilia (L.), Marseilles.