Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A macebearer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A swindler.
- 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.
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When the macer had withdrawn, Melville left the manse, and, confiding his intention to only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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