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macers

macers is the plural of macer.

Meaning of macer

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

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Noun capitalized: Macers

Macers

  1. (plural) plural of Macer

Questions about macers

What is macers the plural of?
Macers is the plural of macer.
What part of speech is macers?
Macers is a noun.

Words near macers in the dictionary

  1. macerative
  2. macerator
  3. macerators
  4. macerozyme
  5. macerozymes
  6. macers
  7. maces
  8. MacEvitt
  9. MacEvitts
  10. MacEwen
  11. Macewen's sign

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macers (page history and authors); Macers (page history and authors); macer (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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