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.

Anagrams

• crame, cream, crema

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.

• comparative: macrior, superlative: macrissimus

Derived terms

Related terms

• maceō

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “macer”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• macer in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers