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macer
Part of speech:An officer who carries the mace before persons in authority.
Usage examples "macer":- But Macer checked their victorious ardour, for fear that the enemy might be reinforced and reverse the fortune of the battle. - "Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II", Caius Cornelius Tacitus.
- Macer alleged that the use of Fennel was first taught to man by serpents. - "Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure", William Thomas Fernie.
- Licinius Macer supposes this Curia ominous, also, on account of a third misfortune, that which was experienced at the Cremera. - "The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six", Titus Livius.