macern.¹

Brit.

/ˈmeɪsə/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪsər/

Forms: Middle English maceere, Middle English macere, Middle English marcer (transmission error), Middle English maser, Middle English– macer; Scottish pre-1700 maccer, pre-1700 maceir, pre-1700 maeser, pre-1700 maiser, pre-1700 maissar, pre-1700 maisseir, pre-1700 maisser, pre-1700 maissour, pre-1700 masaire, pre-1700 masar, pre-1700 masare, pre-1700 maser, pre-1700 masere, pre-1700 masour, pre-1700 massar, pre-1700 masser, pre-1700 massir, pre-1700 massour, pre-1700 mayssar, pre-1700 meacer, pre-1700 measer, pre-1700 measour, pre-1700 meassar, pre-1700 measser, pre-1700 meassir, pre-1700 meassr, pre-1700 meccer, pre-1700 mecer, pre-1700 mesar, pre-1700 messar, pre-1700 messear, pre-1700 messer, pre-1700 messier, pre-1700 messour, pre-1700 misser, pre-1700 1700s– macer.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French macer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman macer tipstaff (compare Middle French maissier , massier (14th cent.)) < mace mace n.² + -er -er suffix². Compare post-classical Latin macerus, macuarius, massarius, masserius, massuerius mace-bearer (from 1278 in British sources). Use of the word as a surname is attested in:1200 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 154 Phil. macer.1275 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 154 Walt. le Maceere.

A mace-bearer; (spec. in Scotland) an official charged with various ceremonial and administrative duties in a court of law.The macer's duties under Scottish law include informing all parties that a case is to be heard, conducting the judges to and from the court, and keeping order during proceedings.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > mace-bearer

macer1379

macea1525

mace-bearer1536

1379–80 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 588 Willelmo Sayuyll, Macer domini Regis..6s. 8d.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 76 Meires and maceres that menes ben bitwene Þe kynge and the comune to kepe the lawes.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 304 Thar folowed him fyfteyn Wicht wallyt men..With a maser [1570 Lekprevik ed. maissar] to tach him to the law.

a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 143 Þe maire with mony maȝti men & macers before hym.

1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 26 Heraldis, pursevantis, masseries, and utheris officiaris of armes.

1550 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 105 Ane messer or uthir officiar of armes.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 275 Sextie that tyme quhilk war summond aw Be ane masar for to cum to the law.

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 389 A meas^r vpon the gait him mett.

1625 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 345 Ane presentatioune to be maid in favouris of Williame Fischer, sone to Matho Fischer, messour, of the first vacant place of ane brussour within the colledge of Glasgw.

1679 Royal Proclam. in London Gaz. No. 1406/1 Charles by the Grace of God [etc.]..To Our Lyon King at Arms, and his Brethren Heraulds, Macers, or Messengers at Arms.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxi. 237 Thomas Lever, S.T.B. formerly of S. John's College and sometime macer (as was the Bishop himself).

1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 662 Macers of Exchequer. Sal. 50l. per Ann. each.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 7 The Justice-Court has three Macers... The Macer's chief Business is, to execute all Indictments, Criminal Letters, &c.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 113 Non omnia—as Mr. Crossmyloof said, when he was called by two macers at once, non omnia possumus—pessimus—possimis.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvii. 189 And the very macer cried ‘Cruachan!’

1984 G. Hammond Sauce for Pigeon xiii. 178 The gun was fetched by the macer…Keith..looked first at the number on the tang of the trigger-guard.

Compounds

† macer wand n. Obsolete a mace.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod

yardc1275

tipped stickc1386

bastona1400

mace?a1419

wandc1430

warderc1440

baculc1449

roda1450

verge1493

staff1535

tipstaff1541

verger1547

truncheon1573

vare1578

baton?1590

trunch1590

fasces1598

macer wanda1600

virge1610

batoona1652

stick1677

shaku1875

poker1905

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 677 [He] Arreistit thame, syne with ane maissar wand, Or tha passit out of Northumberland, Richt mony thousand of thame thair wes slane.

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 271 Gif ony maisser that daylie servis in the tolbuith wantis his maisser wans in the said tolbuith or in the executioun of his office [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈmacership n. the office or position of macer.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun]

macership1524

macerya1531

1524 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 501/2 Forsamekle as Patrik Maxtoun, maser, is now of grete aige..we..gevis..to the said Olyver [sc. his son] the said office of maserschip.

1883 Daily Rev. (Edinb.) 6 June 2/5 Mr. G. G. has been appointed..to the vacant macership in the Court of Session.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

macern.²

Brit.

/ˈmeɪsə/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪsər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mace v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < mace v.² + -er suffix¹.

slang. Now historical or rare.

A swindler, a cheat.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

1819 Sporting Mag. 5 123 The cup-and-ball Macers.

1870 A. Steinmetz Gaming Table II. vii. 220 A well known macer, who was celebrated for slipping an ‘old gentleman’ (a long card) into the pack.

1974 J. Gardner Return of Moriarty 7 Moran was a professional cheat, a sharper of more than ordinary dimensions—a macer, in criminal parlance.

1990 N. Annan Our Age ii. 24 Only Bohemians or the descendants of the Victorian magsman, macers and gonophs..rejected the society into which they were born.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macer
释义	macern.¹ Brit. /ˈmeɪsə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪsər/ Forms: Middle English maceere, Middle English macere, Middle English marcer (transmission error), Middle English maser, Middle English– macer; Scottish pre-1700 maccer, pre-1700 maceir, pre-1700 maeser, pre-1700 maiser, pre-1700 maissar, pre-1700 maisseir, pre-1700 maisser, pre-1700 maissour, pre-1700 masaire, pre-1700 masar, pre-1700 masare, pre-1700 maser, pre-1700 masere, pre-1700 masour, pre-1700 massar, pre-1700 masser, pre-1700 massir, pre-1700 massour, pre-1700 mayssar, pre-1700 meacer, pre-1700 measer, pre-1700 measour, pre-1700 meassar, pre-1700 measser, pre-1700 meassir, pre-1700 meassr, pre-1700 meccer, pre-1700 mecer, pre-1700 mesar, pre-1700 messar, pre-1700 messear, pre-1700 messer, pre-1700 messier, pre-1700 messour, pre-1700 misser, pre-1700 1700s– macer. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French macer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman macer tipstaff (compare Middle French maissier , massier (14th cent.)) < mace mace n.² + -er -er suffix². Compare post-classical Latin macerus, macuarius, massarius, masserius, massuerius mace-bearer (from 1278 in British sources). Use of the word as a surname is attested in:1200 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 154 Phil. macer.1275 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 154 Walt. le Maceere. A mace-bearer; (spec. in Scotland) an official charged with various ceremonial and administrative duties in a court of law.The macer's duties under Scottish law include informing all parties that a case is to be heard, conducting the judges to and from the court, and keeping order during proceedings. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > mace-bearer macer1379 macea1525 mace-bearer1536 1379–80 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 588 Willelmo Sayuyll, Macer domini Regis..6s. 8d. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 76 Meires and maceres that menes ben bitwene Þe kynge and the comune to kepe the lawes. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 304 Thar folowed him fyfteyn Wicht wallyt men..With a maser [1570 Lekprevik ed. maissar] to tach him to the law. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 143 Þe maire with mony maȝti men & macers before hym. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 26 Heraldis, pursevantis, masseries, and utheris officiaris of armes. 1550 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 105 Ane messer or uthir officiar of armes. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 275 Sextie that tyme quhilk war summond aw Be ane masar for to cum to the law. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 389 A meas^r vpon the gait him mett. 1625 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 345 Ane presentatioune to be maid in favouris of Williame Fischer, sone to Matho Fischer, messour, of the first vacant place of ane brussour within the colledge of Glasgw. 1679 Royal Proclam. in London Gaz. No. 1406/1 Charles by the Grace of God [etc.]..To Our Lyon King at Arms, and his Brethren Heraulds, Macers, or Messengers at Arms. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxi. 237 Thomas Lever, S.T.B. formerly of S. John's College and sometime macer (as was the Bishop himself). 1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 662 Macers of Exchequer. Sal. 50l. per Ann. each. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 7 The Justice-Court has three Macers... The Macer's chief Business is, to execute all Indictments, Criminal Letters, &c. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 113 Non omnia—as Mr. Crossmyloof said, when he was called by two macers at once, non omnia possumus—pessimus—possimis. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvii. 189 And the very macer cried ‘Cruachan!’ 1984 G. Hammond Sauce for Pigeon xiii. 178 The gun was fetched by the macer…Keith..looked first at the number on the tang of the trigger-guard. Compounds † macer wand n. Obsolete a mace. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod yardc1275 tipped stickc1386 bastona1400 mace?a1419 wandc1430 warderc1440 baculc1449 roda1450 verge1493 staff1535 tipstaff1541 verger1547 truncheon1573 vare1578 baton?1590 trunch1590 fasces1598 macer wanda1600 virge1610 batoona1652 stick1677 shaku1875 poker1905 a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 677 [He] Arreistit thame, syne with ane maissar wand, Or tha passit out of Northumberland, Richt mony thousand of thame thair wes slane. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 271 Gif ony maisser that daylie servis in the tolbuith wantis his maisser wans in the said tolbuith or in the executioun of his office [etc.]. Derivatives ˈmacership n. the office or position of macer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] macership1524 macerya1531 1524 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 501/2 Forsamekle as Patrik Maxtoun, maser, is now of grete aige..we..gevis..to the said Olyver [sc. his son] the said office of maserschip. 1883 Daily Rev. (Edinb.) 6 June 2/5 Mr. G. G. has been appointed..to the vacant macership in the Court of Session. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). macern.² Brit. /ˈmeɪsə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪsər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mace v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < mace v.² + -er suffix¹. slang. Now historical or rare. A swindler, a cheat. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1819 Sporting Mag. 5 123 The cup-and-ball Macers. 1870 A. Steinmetz Gaming Table II. vii. 220 A well known macer, who was celebrated for slipping an ‘old gentleman’ (a long card) into the pack. 1974 J. Gardner Return of Moriarty 7 Moran was a professional cheat, a sharper of more than ordinary dimensions—a macer, in criminal parlance. 1990 N. Annan Our Age ii. 24 Only Bohemians or the descendants of the Victorian magsman, macers and gonophs..rejected the society into which they were born. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1379n.²1819
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