Meanings
mair1
alternative mar · alternative mare · alternative mer · alternative meer · alternative mere · alternative major
- GeordieScotlandnot comparablemore
alternative mar · alternative mare · alternative mer · alternative meer · alternative mere · alternative major
- GeordieScotlandnot comparablemore
plural mairs · alternative mar · alternative mare · alternative mer · alternative meer · alternative mere · alternative major
Mair2
Mair3
plural Mairs
- alternativeAlternative form of Mer (“member of Indian caste”).
1 more example
[…] 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 all.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Origin
mair · adjective, adverb, noun
- Proto-Germanic*maizô
- Old Englishmāra“more”
- Middle Englishmair
- Englishmair
From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.
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Full word history & related roots →Mair · proper noun
- Scottish Gaelicmaor“officer”
- EnglishMair
* 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.
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Rhymes with mair
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Cite this entry
mair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mair
“mair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mair. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mair,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mair.
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