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Webster 1913 Edition


Macer

Ma′cer

,
Noun.
[F.
massier
. See
Mace
staff.]
A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
P. Plowman.

Definition 2024


macer

macer

See also: mācer

English

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.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognate with Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), Old English mæġer.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. (of living things) lean, 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 macrō macrīs
accusative macrum macram macrum macrōs macrās macra
ablative macrō macrā macrō macrīs
vocative macer macra macrum macrī macrae macra
  • comparative: macrior, superlative: macrissimus

Derived terms

  • macriculus
  • macritās

Related terms

Descendants

  • Occitan: magre
  • Portuguese: magro
  • Romanian: macru
  • Sicilian: magru, màuru
  • Spanish: magro
  • Walloon: maigue

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