mazer

[ mey-zer ]

noun
  1. a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.

Origin of mazer

1
1150–1200; Middle English: kind of wood (probably maple), Old English mæser- (in adj. mæseren, equivalent to mæser maple + -en-en2); cognate with Old Norse mǫsurr maple, Middle High German maser maple, drinking cup

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British Dictionary definitions for mazer

mazer

mazard or mazzard (ˈmæzəd)

/ (ˈmeɪzə) /


noun
  1. obsolete a large hardwood drinking bowl

Origin of mazer

1
C12: from Old French masere, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse mösurr maple

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