Meaning and Origin
What does the name Mace mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Zimbabwe says the name Mace means "gift of god".
- A submission from Illinois, U.S. says the name Mace means "Weapon" and is of Fiction origin.
- According to a user from the United Kingdom, the name Mace is of Dutch origin and means "Spice".
Etymology: Jav. & Malay. mās, fr. Skr. māsha a bean
Note: ☞ Red mace is the aril of Myristica tingens, and white mace that of Myristica Otoba, -- East Indian trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree.
Etymology: F. macis, L. macis macir, Gr. �; cf. Skr. makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango
- A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor."Death with his mace petrific . . . smote." [Milton.]
- Hence:A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority."Swayed the royal mace." [Wordsworth.]
- An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority; a macebearer.
- A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
- [Billiards] A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.
Etymology: OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of which the dim. mateola a kind of mallet or beetle, is found
Etymology: Trademark
- A ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority
- Spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed
- An official who carries a mace of office
- (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman mace, mache, from Late Latin mattia or *mattea (compare modern French masse, Italian mazza, Spanish maza), from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”) (compare Latin mateola (“hoe”), Old High German medela (“plow”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Persian آماج (āmāǰ) ‘plow’, Sanskrit मत्य (matyá, “harrow”)).
- A heavy fighting club.
- A ceremonial form of this weapon.
- A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
- An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
- A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
- (archaic) A billiard cue.
Borrowing from Javanese [Term?] and Malay, meaning "a bean".
- An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
- An old weight of 57.98 grains.
From Middle English, from re-interpretation of macis as a plural (compare pea); ultimately from Latin maccis (name of an unidentified spice).
- A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
From the name of one brand of the spray, Mace.
- Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
mace was also found in the following language(s): Albanian, Old French, Spanish, and Taraon