MARES

Noun

mares

plural of mare

Anagrams

• MASER, Marse, marse, maser, mears, rames, reams, smear

Proper noun

Mares (plural Mareses)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mares is the 2427th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14931 individuals. Mares is most common among Hispanic/Latino (82.5%) and White (16.02%) individuals.

Anagrams

• MASER, Marse, marse, maser, mears, rames, reams, smear

Source: Wiktionary


MARE

Mare, n. Etym: [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. mähre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. Marshal.]

Definition: The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

Mare, n. Etym: [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m.] (Med.)

Definition: Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare. I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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