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macer

macer noun: a mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland.

Noun (1)

macer (plural macers)

  1. A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland.
    Synonyms:
    mace-bearer

Noun (2)

macer (plural macers)

  1. (slang) A cardsharp.
    • Indeed, Moran was a profession cheat, a sharper of more than ordinary dimensions — a macer, in criminal parlance. He had made card sharping a life's work — second only to shooting […]1981, John E. Gardner, The Return of Moriarty, page 7

Noun (3) capitalized: Macer

Macer (plural Macers)

  1. (informal, rare) A user or fan of the Mac brand of personal computers.
    • Release it on IBMs first Make a Few Billion, while it is being ported to the Macs, by the time the Macers get it they might make $50000-60000 or so and they can get down the track on Quake2.1996 February 9, Former human Sargent, “Marathon II vs Duke Nukem 3d and Quake”, in alt.games.quake (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026
    • I agree with you completely, living as I do in a sea of Macs. If you have Lan or Warp Server, however, you can get some interoperability with Macs through Lan Server for Macintosh ( a 1 disk add on). Macers can use a bit of the server[']s harddisk, and both sides can use postscript printers on...1996 May 9, William L. Healton, quoting Dennis Day, “AppleTalk for Warp !!”, in comp.os.os2.apps (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

macer meaning in Kannada

macer in Kannada

ದಂಡಧಾರಿ

Synonyms of macer

Forms of macer

pluralmacers
pluralMacers

Origin of macer

From Middle English macer, from Anglo-Norman macer, from mace (“mace”).

From Mac + -er.

Words that rhyme with macer

Questions about macer

What does macer mean?
Macer means a mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland.
What is macer in Kannada?
Macer in Kannada is ದಂಡಧಾರಿ. See Macer meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is macer?
Macer is a noun.
What is the plural of macer?
The plural of macer is macers.

Words near macer in the dictionary

  1. macelike
  2. macellicephalin
  3. macellicephalins
  4. maceman
  5. macemen
  6. macer
  7. Macera
  8. maceral
  9. macerals
  10. maceranduba
  11. Maceras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macer (page history and authors); Macer (page history and authors); macer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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