Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A macebearer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun A swindler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an official who carries a mace of office
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Examples
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William Langlands, an apparitor or macer (bacularius) of the See of St Andrews, presented these letters to the curate of the church of
The Abbot 2008
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“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.
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While seated at table, the macer of the Council appeared with a warrant charging him to enter the
Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison
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When the macer had withdrawn, Melville left the manse, and, confiding his intention to only
Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison
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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.
Doom Castle Neil Munro
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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.
Chapter LVIII 1917
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"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!"
Nancy Stair A Novel Elinor Macartney Lane 1886
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He gart the cannons and guns to roar, and the very macer cried 'Cruachan!'
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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.
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The macer ` pitched the baby card, 'and of course lost, as well as the unfortunate victim.
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