Irish

Noun

maor m ‎(genitive singular maoir, nominative plural maoir)

1. steward
2. bailiff, warden, keeper
3. supervisor, superintendent; overseer, foreman
4. (military) major
5. (school) prefect
6. keeper of herds, of flocks; herdsman

Declension

Synonyms

• (overseer): feighlí
• (herdsman): feighlí bó
• (major): maor airm

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

maor m ‎(genitive singular maoir)

1. Alternative form of maghar ‎(“fry, sprat, small fish; bait; allurement”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "maor" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “maer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maer ‎(“steward”), from Latin māior.

Noun

maor m ‎(genitive singular maoir, plural maoir)

1. officer (not military - see Usage notes)
2. bailiff
3. factor (person)
4. foreman
5. baron
6. gravedigger

Usage notes

• Referring to a number of subordinate and middle-ranking official positions, usually qualified by an adjective of an attributive noun.

Synonyms

• (bailiff): bàillidh
• (factor): bàillidh, seumarlan

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “maer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.