mare

IPA: mˈɛr

noun

  • An adult female horse.
  • (UK, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.
  • (obsolete or historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
  • (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
  • (planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon
  • (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
  • Obsolete form of mayor. [The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.]
  • Obsolete form of mair. [(Scotland, historical) Various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.]
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