macer

See also: mācer

English

Etymology

From Middle English macer, from Anglo-Norman macer, from mace (“mace”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)

Noun

macer (plural macers)

  1. A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. [from 14th c.]
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
      Meires and maceres · that menes ben bitwene / Þe kynge and þe comune.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), Old English mæġer.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ker/, [ˈma.kɛr]

Adjective

macer (feminine macra, neuter macrum); first/second declension

  1. (of living things) lean, skinny, meager
  2. (of inanimate things) thin, poor

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative macer macra macrum macrī macrae macra
Genitive macrī macrae macrī macrōrum macrārum macrōrum
Dative macrō macrae macrō macrīs macrīs macrīs
Accusative macrum macram macrum macrōs macrās macra
Ablative macrō macrā macrō macrīs macrīs macrīs
Vocative macer macra macrum macrī macrae macra
  • comparative: macrior, superlative: macrissimus

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • macer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • macer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • macer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • macer in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman macer; equivalent to mace (“mace”) +‎ -er (“agentive suffix”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːsər/, /maːˈsɛːr/

Noun

macer (plural macers)

  1. A macer; a mace-bearer (official)
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old English *maser.

Noun

macer

  1. Alternative form of maser
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