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Macer

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland.
  2. 2
    A cardsharp. slang

    "Indeed, Moran was a profession cheat, a sharper of more than ordinary dimensions — a macer, in criminal parlance. He had made card sharping a life's work — second only to shooting […]"

  3. 3
    an official who carries a mace of office wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English macer, from Anglo-Norman macer, from mace (“mace”).

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