mazer

[ mey-zer ]

noun

1. a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.

mazer

/ ˈmeɪzə; ˈmæzəd /

noun

1. obsolete.
   a large hardwood drinking bowl

Word History and Origins

Origin of mazer¹

1150–1200; Middle English: kind of wood (probably maple), Old English mæser- (in adj. mæseren, equivalent to mæser maple + -en -en ² ); cognate with Old Norse mǫsurr maple, Middle High German maser maple, drinking cup

Word History and Origins

Origin of mazer¹

C12: from Old French masere, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse mösurr maple

Example Sentences

Mr. Lyon is also Enlightenment’s lead mazer, which is what you call a person who makes mead.

From New York Times

Each time, Bear, with great dexterity, seemed to offer him the mazer, but at the last moment, tossed it high.

From Literature

West Mercia Police described the dark wood cup as a "medieval mazer bowl" and "a wooden cup/chalice", and that it was kept in a blue velvet bag.

From BBC

The relic she treasures above all, however, is a gold "mazer," inherited by Mr. Walford through a long line of ancestors.

From Project Gutenberg

It was then regarded as a form of wood, to which the name of “mazer” wood was given on account of its employment in making mazers or goblets.

From Project Gutenberg