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 Alzir’do (in Orlando Furioso).Am’adis of Gaul. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
A.M. or M.A.
 
When the Latin form is intended the A comes first, as Artium Magister; but where the English form is meant the M precedes, as Master of Arts.   1
 


 Alzir’do (in Orlando Furioso).Am’adis of Gaul. 

 
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