maor

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠeːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠiːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠiːɾˠ/, (older) /mˠɯːɾˠ/^[1]

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

maor m (genitive singular maoir, nominative plural maoir)

1. steward
2. bailiff, warden, keeper

   Synonym: báille

3. supervisor, superintendent
4. overseer, foreman

   Synonym: feighlí

5. (military) major

   Synonym: maor airm

6. (school) prefect
7. keeper of herds, of flocks; herdsman

   Synonym: feighlí bó

maor m (genitive singular maoir)

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

• IPA^(key): /mɯːɾ/

maor m (genitive singular maoir, plural maoir)

1. officer (not military - see Usage notes)
2. bailiff

   Synonym: bàillidh

3. factor (person)

   Synonyms: bàillidh, seumarlan

4. foreman
5. baron
6. gravedigger

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “maor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language