mare Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun female equine animal
    female horse.
  2. noun a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
    maria.

WordNet

Mare noun
Etymology
OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. mähre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. Marshal.
Definitions
  1. The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
Mare noun
Etymology
AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. mra.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.
    I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. Shak.

Webster 1913