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.