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MAZER
mazer
(noun) a large hardwood drinking bowl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Mazer (plural Mazers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mazer is the 23268th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1095 individuals. Mazer is most common among White (95.71%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Marez, Meraz
Etymology
Noun
mazer (countable and uncountable, plural mazers)
(obsolete) The maple tree, or maple wood.
(archaic or historical) A large drinking bowl made from such wood; a mazer bowl.
Anagrams
• Marez, Meraz
Source: Wiktionary
Maz"er, n. Etym: [OE. maser, akin to OD. maser an excrescence on a maple tree, OHG. masar, G. maser spot, Icel. mösurr maple.]
Definition: A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.] Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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