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Is macer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word macer is a Scrabble US word. The word macer is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is macer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word macer is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

CRAME,CREAM,MACER,

4-letter words (13 found)

ACER,ACME,ACRE,CAME,CARE,CRAM,CREM,MACE,MARC,MARE,MERC,RACE,REAM,

3-letter words (16 found)

ACE,AME,ARC,ARE,ARM,CAM,CAR,EAR,ERA,ERM,MAC,MAE,MAR,RAM,REC,REM,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AM,AR,EA,EM,ER,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from macer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of macer

macer amcer mcaer cmaer acmer camer maecr amecr meacr emacr aemcr eamcr mcear cmear mecar emcar cemar ecmar acemr caemr aecmr eacmr ceamr ecamr macre amcre mcare cmare acmre camre marce amrce mrace rmace armce ramce mcrae cmrae mrcae rmcae crmae rcmae acrme carme arcme racme crame rcame maerc amerc mearc emarc aemrc eamrc marec amrec mraec rmaec armec ramec merac emrac mreac rmeac ermac remac aermc earmc aremc raemc eramc reamc mcera cmera mecra emcra cemra ecmra mcrea cmrea mrcea rmcea crmea rcmea merca emrca mreca rmeca ermca remca cerma ecrma crema rcema ercma recma acerm caerm aecrm eacrm cearm ecarm acrem carem arcem racem craem rcaem aercm earcm arecm raecm eracm reacm ceram ecram cream rceam ercam recam

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Definitions and meaning of macer

macer

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

macer (plural macers)

  1. A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. [from 14th c.]
    Synonym: mace-bearer

Etymology 2

Noun

macer (plural macers)

  1. (slang) A cardsharp.

Anagrams

  • Carme, McRae, crame, cream, crema, recam

Catalan

Etymology

From maça +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈse]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [maˈseɾ]

Noun

macer m (plural macers, feminine macera)

  1. mace-bearer

Further reading

  • “macer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *makros, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), Old English mæġer (though English meager is from the Latin via French).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ker/, [ˈmäkɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃer/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃer]

Adjective

macer (feminine macra, neuter macrum, comparative macrior, superlative macerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. (of living things) lean, skinny, meager
  2. (of inanimate things) thin, poor

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • “macer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “macer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • macer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “macer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 793: “maigre” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 185: “magro; magri” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • “maigre” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman macer; equivalent to mace (“mace”) +‎ -er (“agentive suffix”).

Alternative forms

  • macere, maceere, maser

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːsər/, /maːˈsɛːr/

Noun

macer (plural macers)

  1. A macer; a mace-bearer (official)
Descendants
  • English: macer
  • Scots: macer
References
  • “mācē̆re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Etymology 2

From Old English *maser.

Noun

macer

  1. Alternative form of maser

Source: wiktionary.org