Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An official who carries a mace of office.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who carries a mace of office before a public functionary whose badge of office it is; a macer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an official who carries the mace of office before persons in authority.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
mace-bearer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an official who carries a mace of office
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Examples
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A personal macebearer led the way, followed by a steward.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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And old Barlow the macebearer laid up with asthma, no mace on the table, nothing in order, no quorum even, and Hutchinson, the lord mayor, in Llandudno and little Lorcan Sherlock doing LOCUM TENENS for him.
Ulysses 2003
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He was dressed in his official robes, had two sheriffs and a macebearer, and when he stood at the top of the grand staircase he was an imposing figure and the public was delighted with him.
My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914
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And old Barlow the macebearer laid up with asthma, no mace on the table, nothing in order, no quorum even, and Hutchinson, the lord mayor, in Llandudno and little
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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He had a particular association with the borough of Southwark where he was also deputy macebearer as well as the town crier.
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He had a particular association with the borough of Southwark where he was also deputy macebearer as well as the town crier.
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