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Mace.

Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray)

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/meɪs/
  1. Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray)

    alt-of · countable · uncountable
  2. A male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace

    countable
  3. A surname.

    countable
  4. A surname. An English surname transferred from the given name.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A surname. A surname from Norman.

    countable · uncountable
  6. An unincorporated community in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

* 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.

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