macer

[ mey-ser ]

noun

1. macebearer.
2. (in Scotland) an officer who attends the Court of Session and carries out its orders.

macer

/ ˈmeɪsə /

noun

1. a macebearer, esp (in Scotland) an official who acts as usher in a court of law

Word History and Origins

Origin of macer¹

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French; Middle French massier. See mace ¹, -er ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of macer¹

C14: from Old French massier, from masse mace ¹

Example Sentences

Lyon King of Arms, the chief of the Court of Heraldry in Scotland. macers, officers of the supreme court.

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The macer looked round in vain, when the wag called out, "It's 'Jack Alive,' my lord."—"Dead or alive, put him out this moment," called out the judge.

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I saw men in coarse bombazeen gowns, which I took for macers: these, I soon discovered, were the advocates.

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While seated at table, the macer of the Council appeared with a warrant charging him to enter the Castle of Blackness within twenty-four hours.

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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.

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