mair

M3A1I1R1
Geordie, UK/mɛə/

adjective

more

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Meanings

mair1

adjectivemair (not comparable)

alternative mar · alternative mare · alternative mer · alternative meer · alternative mere · alternative major

  1. GeordieScotlandnot comparablemore
adverbmair (not comparable)

alternative mar · alternative mare · alternative mer · alternative meer · alternative mere · alternative major

  1. GeordieScotlandnot comparablemore
nounmair (plural mairs)

plural mairs · alternative mar · alternative mare · alternative mer · alternative meer · alternative mere · alternative major

  1. ScotlandhistoricalOne of various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.

    Synonyms: mayor

Mair2

proper noun

alternative Mairs

Mair3

nounMair (plural Mairs)

plural Mairs

  1. 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.

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Origin

mair · adjective, adverb, noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*maizô
  2. Old Englishmāra“more”
  3. Middle Englishmair
  4. Englishmair

From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.

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Mair · proper noun

  1. Scottish Gaelicmaor“officer”
  2. 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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APA

mair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mair

MLA

“mair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mair. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mair,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mair.

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