variants or mazzard
Definition of mazardnext
chiefly dialect
as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth Granny threatened to whop me on the mazard if I didn't start minding my manners

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Noun
  • The reason, an official with knowledge of the meeting plans said, is because King Charles is a head of state, rather than a head of government.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Matt Small, who is in his first season as Lincoln-Way Central’s head coach, was an assistant at Homewood-Flossmoor.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But things spun out of his control when Tanaghrisson drove a hatchet into the French commander’s skull and his men began killing the wounded.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Following months of earthquakes and eruptions, a lava dome collapsed on Mount Unzen in Japan.
    USA Today, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Johnson’s latest Springfield visit comes as his office’s lobbying efforts under the dome have been criticized by even legislative Democrats as ineffective.
    Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The restaurant is smoking up plenty of brisket and enormous beef ribs — along with chicken and pork — to go with mac and cheese, baked beans, collard greens, potato salad and other Southern sides.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2026
  • Protein pasta may be made from soybeans or legumes such as peas, beans, chickpeas, or lentils.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The Fort Worth Fire Department rescued a man experiencing a medical emergency May 6 inside the booth of a crane over 200 feet in the air at the JPS construction site in the 1300 block of South Main Street.
    Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • The eggshell blue exterior of this historic property on the National Register of Historic Places coos to you a block off Duval Street.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
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“Mazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mazard. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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