the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A mace-bearer; specifically, in Scotland, one of a class of officers who attend the courts of session, teinds, justiciary, and exchequer, to keep order, call the rolls, serve the judges, make arrests when required, etc.
n. A swindler.
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n. an official who carries a mace of office
Word Usage
"William Langlands, an apparitor or macer (bacularius) of the See of St Andrews, presented these letters to the curate of the church of"