different between macer vs racer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?s?(?)

Noun

macer (plural macers)

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

   Synonym: mace-bearer

Anagrams

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *makros, from Proto-Indo-European *mh??rós, from *meh??- (“to increase”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (makrós), Old English mæ?er (though English meager is from the Latin via French).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma.ker/, [?mäk?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.t??er/, [?m??t???r]

Adjective

macer (feminine macra, neuter macrum, comparative macrior, superlative macrissimus); 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

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• macere, maceere, maser

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?s?r/, /ma??s??r/

Noun

macer (plural macers)

1. A macer; a mace-bearer (official)
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:

     Meires and maceres · that menes ben bitwene / Þe kynge and þe comune.

Descendants

• English: macer
• Scots: macer

References

• “m?c??re, 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

English

Etymology

race +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??e?s?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??e?s??/

Noun

racer (plural racers)

1. Someone who takes part in a race.
2. A racehorse.
3. A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
4. An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
5. Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
6. (video games, informal) A video game involving racing of any kind.
   • 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D (page 102)

     For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (r?s?)

Translations

Anagrams

• Cerra, Crear, carer, crare

Danish

Etymology 1

From English racer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s?]

Noun

racer c (singular definite raceren, plural indefinite racere)

1. racer

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s?]

Noun

racer c

1. indefinite plural of race

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s?]

Verb

racer

1. present of race

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English racer. Equivalent to racen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?.s?r/
• Hyphenation: ra?cer

Noun

racer m (plural racers)

1. A racer, one who races.

Derived terms

• straatracer

French

Etymology

From English racer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.sœ?/

Noun

racer m (plural racers)

1. racecar
2. (any kind of) vehicle used for racing, racer

Further reading

• “racer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• carre, carré