mazer

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English maser, mazer, masere, from Anglo-Norman mazer, Old French mazre (a kind of maple wood), from Frankish *masur, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz, cognate with Old High German masar (German Maser (spot)), Icelandic mösurr (maple).

It has been suggested that the English word might instead come from Old English *mæser, *maser (suggested by a putative derivative mæseren), but the evidence for this is slight and disputed.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mazer (countable and uncountable, plural mazers)

  1. (obsolete) The maple tree, or maple wood.
  2. (archaic or historical) A large drinking bowl made from such wood; a mazer bowl.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ "mazer, n.1.", Oxford English Dictionary Online, 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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mazer

  1. Alternative form of maser

Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Frankish *masur (maple).

Noun

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mazer oblique singularm (oblique plural mazers, nominative singular mazers, nominative plural mazer)

  1. maple
  2. large drinking bowl made maple; mazer bowl

Descendants

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