Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A macebearer.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mace-bearer; specifically, in Scotland, one of a class of officers who attend the courts of session, teinds, justiciary, and exchequer, to keep order, call the rolls, serve the judges, make arrests when required, etc.
- n. A swindler.
Wiktionary
- n. A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an official who carries a mace of office
Examples
“William Langlands, an apparitor or macer (bacularius) of the See of St Andrews, presented these letters to the curate of the church of”
““It is really a matter of necessity,” said the younger counsellor, retained for her sister; and Jeanie reluctantly followed the macer of the Court to the place appointed.”
“He got one glimpse of the _sans culottes_, appealed again to the De Chenier macer in his ancestry, and flung the flambeau at the first who entered.”
“While seated at table, the macer of the Council appeared with a warrant charging him to enter the”
“When the macer had withdrawn, Melville left the manse, and, confiding his intention to only”
“You must know, that one of the requisites to be a macer, or officer in attendance upon our supreme court, is, that they shall be men of no knowledge.”
“They'll sequester me none"; he returned, grimly; "and if Dunsappie the macer tries it I'll have him read out of the church, for I know of him that which makes me able to do it!”
“He gart the cannons and guns to roar, and the very macer cried 'Cruachan!”
“The landlord pressed his demand upon the macer, who, in fact, was privately reimbursed by the marker; but he was coolly told that he ought not to allow such improper practices in his house, and that the sum was not recoverable, the transaction being illegal.”
“The macer ` pitched the baby card, 'and of course lost, as well as the unfortunate victim.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘macer’.
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EN - eloquence in public speaking
Key words from "The Training of a Public Speaker" by Grenville Kleiser (New York and London, 1920)
beget, imago, Vespasian, languid, studied, judgment, dwindle, artifice, contribute, observe, sonorous, gladiator and 264 more...
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The Grifters
You're on the grift, same as me.
cheater, cheat, deceiver, deluder, dissimulator, swindler, faker, fleecer, flimflammer, fraud, fraudster, hustler and 81 more...
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