Mace
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mace"
English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett.
- As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze.
- Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius.
- Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.
Proper noun
Mace (countable and uncountable, plural Maces)
- Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray)
- (countable) A male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace
- (countable) A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States.