Mare Definition

mâr
mares, maria
noun
mares, maria
A fully mature female horse, mule, donkey, burro, etc.; specif., a female horse that has reached the age of five.
Webster's New World
A sea.
Webster's New World
Any of several vast, dark, flat areas visible from the earth on the surface of the moon, Mercury, or Mars.
Webster's New World
An evil spirit that causes nightmares.
Webster's New World

(UK, pejorative, slang) A foolish woman.

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Other Word Forms of Mare

Noun

Singular:
mare
Plural:
maria, mares

Origin of Mare

  • From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mere, miere (“female horse, mare"), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse"), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *marḱ- (“horse"). Cognate with Scots mere, meir, mear (“mare"), North Frisian mar (“mare, horse"), West Frisian merje (“mare"), Dutch merrie (“mare"), German Mähre (“mare"), Danish mær (“mare"), Swedish märr (“mare"), Icelandic meri (“mare"). Related also to Old English mearh (“male horse, steed").

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  • From Middle English mare, from Old English mare (“nightmare, monster"), from Proto-Germanic *marÇ­ (“nightmare, incubus") (compare Dutch (dial.) mare, German (dial.) Mahr, Old Norse mara (> Danish mare, Swedish mara 'incubus, nightmare')), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit"). Akin to Old Irish Morrígain 'elf queen', Albanian tmerr (“horror"), Polish zmora 'nightmare', Czech mura 'nightmare, moth'.

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  • Alternative etymology cites derivation via Old English mere, miere, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (cf. Dutch merrie, German Mähre), from *marhaz (“horse") (compare Old English mearh), from Gaulish markos (compare Welsh march), from Iranian marikas (compare Old Persian marikas 'male, manly'), from maryas (compare Avestan mairya 'man; male animal'); akin to Sanskrit máryas 'young man; stallion'. More at marry.

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  • Middle English alteration of Old English mȳre (influenced by forms of mearh horse) marko- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin sea mori- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin mare (“sea").

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