macer
IPA: mˈeɪsɝ
noun
- A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland.
- (slang) A cardsharp.
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Examples of "macer" in Sentences
- He gart the cannons and guns to roar, and the very macer cried 'Cruachan!'
- The macer ` pitched the baby card, 'and of course lost, as well as the unfortunate victim.
- When the macer had withdrawn, Melville left the manse, and, confiding his intention to only
- While seated at table, the macer of the Council appeared with a warrant charging him to enter the
- William Langlands, an apparitor or macer (bacularius) of the See of St Andrews, presented these letters to the curate of the church of
- 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.
- 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.
- “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.
- "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!"
- 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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