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Mare
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Meaning
Noun
●
An
adult
female
horse.
⚠️
In British English:
A
foolish
woman.
●
A type of
evil
spirit
formerly
thought
to
sit on
the
chest
of a
sleeping
person; also, the
feeling
of
suffocation
felt
during
sleep
,
attributed
to such a
spirit
.
●
In British English, Commonwealth English & Irish English:
A
nightmare
; a
frustrating
or
terrible
experience.
●
In Planetology:
A large,
dark
plain
, which may have the
appearance
of a
sea
, such as those on the Moon
●
In Planetology:
On Saturn's
moon
Titan, any of several
lakes
which are large
expanses
of what is
thought
to be
liquid
hydrocarbons.
●
Obsolete form of mayor.
●
Obsolete form of mair.
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Origin
mare
English
mare
Latin
mare
Middle English (1100-1500)
mare
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Stallion
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