mair
UK/mɛə/
mair adjective: more.
Adjective
mair (not comparable)
Adverb
mair (not comparable)
Noun (1)
mair (plural mairs)
Proper noun capitalized: Mair
Mair
- A surname.
Noun (2) capitalized: Mair
Mair (plural Mairs)
- Alternative form of Mer (“member of Indian caste”).
- […] 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...1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
Synonyms of mair
Forms of mair
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mar |
| alternative form | mare |
| alternative form | mer |
| alternative form | meer |
| alternative form | mere |
| alternative form | major |
| Noun | |
| plural | mairs |
| plural | Mairs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Mairs |
Origin of mair
From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.
* 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.
Words that rhyme with mair
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about mair
- What does mair mean?
- Mair means more.
- What part of speech is mair?
- Mair can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mair?
- Mair is pronounced /mɛə/ (UK).
Words near mair in the dictionary
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