From en.wiktionary.org:
[mācer]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en], from [fro].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. [from 14th c.]
*** Etymology 2
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A cardsharp .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1981 | author=John E. Gardner | title=The Return of Moriarty | page=7
|passage=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 [...]}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Catalan
[lang=ca]
*** Etymology
From [ca].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA] < !-- per GDLC and DCVB -->
*** Noun
[m]
1. mace-bearer
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
[ca]
** Latin
*** Etymology
[la] From [la], from [la], from [ine-pro]. Cognate with [grc], [ang] (though
[en] is from the Latin via French).
*** Pronunciation
- [macer]
*** Adjective
[macer/macr]
1. [la] lean , skinny , meager
2. [la] thin , poor
**** Declension
[macer/macr]
**** Derived terms
{{col4|la | commacerō | ēmacerātus | ēmacerō | ēmacrēscō | macellus | macrēscō
| macriculus | macritās | macritūdō | permacer | remacrēscō }}
**** Related terms
{{col4|la | ēmacēscō | ēmaciō | maceō | maciō | macēscō | maciēs | macilentus
| macor | permaceō }}
**** Descendants
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- Balkano-Romance:
- [rup]
- [ro]
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- [dlm]
- [it]
- [nap]
- [scn]
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- [fur]
- Gallo-Italic:
- [egl]
- [lij]
- [lmo]
- [pms]
- [rgn]
- Gallo-Romance:
- [ca]
- [frp]
- [oc]
- [fro] [see desc]
- Ibero-Romance:
- [mwl]
- [roa-opt]
- [gl]
- [pt]
- [es]
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*** References
- [R:L&S]
- [R:Elementary Lewis]
- [R:Gaffiot]
- [R:Peck]
- [maigre]
- [magro; magri]
- [maigre]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
From [enm]; equivalent to [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Noun
[enm-noun]
1. A [en] ; a mace-bearer [official]
2. * {{ quote-text | enm | year=c. 1385 | author=w:William Langland | title=Piers Plowman | section=III
|passage=Meires and MACERES · that menes ben bitwene / Þe kynge and þe
comune.}}
***** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
***** References
- [entry=mācē̆re ]
*** Etymology 2
From [enm].
**** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
[enm]