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Mater vs Mazer - What's the difference?

mater | mazer |

As nouns the difference between mater and mazer

is that mater is while mazer is (obsolete) the maple tree, or maple wood.

mater

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , partly via'' late-(etyl) matere.“ mater, ''n. ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision; March 2009)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Mother.
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    • Etymology 2

    “ mater, n. ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft entry; March 2001)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Someone or something that mates.

    • References

    Anagrams

    * ----

    mazer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * maser

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The maple tree, or maple wood.
  • (archaic, or, historical) A large drinking bowl made from such wood; a mazer bowl.
  • * 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 16:
    • Presently he rose up and set before each young man some meat in a charger and drink in a large mazer , treating me in like manner; and after that they sat questioning me concerning my adventures and what had betided me

    Derived terms

    * mazer bowl