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meirinho.

bailiff (legal officer with some degree of authority)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/me(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/Brazil[me(ɪ̯)ˈɾĩ.j̃u]Brazil/mɐjˈɾi.ɲu/Portugal/mejˈɾi.ɲu/Northern, Portugal
  1. bailiff (legal officer with some degree of authority)

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meyrĩo, from Early Medieval Latin maiōrīnus. Cognate with Spanish merino.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.