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mairs

mairs is the plural of mair.

Meaning of mair

Noun

mair (plural mairs)

  1. (Scotland, historical) One of various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
    Synonyms:
    mayor

See all 4 meanings of mair

Proper noun capitalized: Mairs

Mairs (plural Mairses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of mairs

pluralMairses

Origin of mairs

Patronymic from Mair.

Questions about mairs

What does mairs mean?
Mairs means a surname.
What is mairs the plural of?
Mairs is the plural of mair.
What part of speech is mairs?
Mairs is a proper noun.

Words near mairs in the dictionary

  1. Mairembam
  2. Mairena
  3. Mairenas
  4. maires
  5. Mairjimmy
  6. mairs
  7. Mairses
  8. MAIS
  9. Maisano
  10. Maisanos
  11. Maisel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mairs (page history and authors); Mairs (page history and authors); mair (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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