Mair
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
mair¹
- /mɛə/ Geordie, UK
Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.
adjective mar · mare · mer · meer · mere · major
- more
adverb mar · mare · mer · meer · mere · major
- more
noun mairs · mar · mare · mer · meer · mere
- One of various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Mair²
Where it comes from
* As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr.
* Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer.
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.
proper noun Mairs
- A surname.
Mair³
noun Mairs
- Alternative form of Mer (“member of Indian caste”).Mer […] all the different little lots with their own particular little heavens and their own one exclusive way of getting there, and their social frills and furbelows—Jats and Jains and Thugs and Mairs and Gonds and Bhills and Toms, Dicks and Harrys—suburban society is nothing to it, Wynn, nothing at al
