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maer.

mayor, the head of a modern township

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/maːɨ̯r/North-Wales/mai̯r/South-Wales
  1. mayor, the head of a modern township

    masculine
  2. mayor, the steward of a royal court

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh maer, from Old Welsh mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin maior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Breton mair, Breton maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

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