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)
- 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.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), Old English mæġer.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈma.ker/, [ˈmäkɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃer/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃer]
Adjective
macer (feminine macra, neuter macrum, comparative macrior, superlative macrissimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | macer | macra | macrum | macrī | macrae | macra | |
Genitive | macrī | macrae | macrī | macrōrum | macrārum | macrōrum | |
Dative | macrō | macrō | macrīs | ||||
Accusative | macrum | macram | macrum | macrōs | macrās | macra | |
Ablative | macrō | macrā | macrō | macrīs | |||
Vocative | macer | macra | macrum | macrī | macrae | macra |
Derived terms
Related 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
Noun
macer (plural macers)
- A macer; a mace-bearer (official)
Descendants
References
- “mācē̆re (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2
From Old English *maser.
Noun
macer
- Alternative form of maser
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