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Definition of Macer
1. Noun. An official who carries a mace of office.
Definition of Macer
1. n. A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
Definition of Macer
1. Noun. A mace bearer; an officer of a court. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Macer
1. an official who carries a ceremonial staff [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macer
Literary usage of Macer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"In his judgment of macer as a historian, Cicero's dislike of him appears even more
... This shows that macer had embodied speeches (and perhaps letters, cf. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"macer FLORIDOS macer, a writer known (since 1 500 only), as macer Floridus, or "
macer of the Flowers," was the chief mediaeval poet of plants, ..."
3. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, John David Ogilby (1839)
"There appears to have been two poets who bore the name of macer, ... Tibullus
inscribed one of his elegies to this macer, on occasion of his setting out on ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"N simple macer, now of high renown, n -i sought a poet's fortune in the town,
Twas all th' ambition his high soul could feel, 'o wear red stockings, ..."
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