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mazard

/ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/

mazard noun: head; skull.

Noun (1)

mazard (plural mazards)

  1. (archaic, slang) Head; skull.
    • Why ee'n ſo: and now my Lady Wormes, / Chapleſſe, and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons Spade;c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]1808, Richard Graves, The Spiritual Quixote, page 127

Noun (2)

mazard (plural mazards)

  1. A kind of small black cherry.

Forms of mazard

pluralmazards
alternative formmazzard

Origin of mazard

Probably from mazer, the head being compared to a large goblet.

Compare French merise (“wild cherry”).

Questions about mazard

What does mazard mean?
Mazard means head; skull.
What part of speech is mazard?
Mazard is a noun.
How do you pronounce mazard?
Mazard is pronounced /ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of mazard?
The plural of mazard is mazards.

Words near mazard in the dictionary

  1. mazapertine
  2. mazapilite
  3. mazar
  4. Mazar-e-Sharif
  5. Mazar-i-Sharif
  6. mazard
  7. mazards
  8. Mazaricos
  9. Mazariego
  10. Mazariegos
  11. Mazarin

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