maer

From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

• IPA^(key): /mɑːr/, (archaic) /ˈmɑːər/

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• Homophone: maar (modern only)

maer (attributive maer, comparative maerder, superlative maerste)

1. lean, fatless
2. meager, skinny
3. (figuratively) poor; financially bad

   Ons gaan nou deur maer jare.

   We're currently going through [some] financially bad years.

• vet

• maergat
• maerheid

From Old Breton mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin maior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Welsh mair, Welsh maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

maer m (plural maered)

1. mayor

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maer f (plural maers)

1. sea

From Middle Welsh maer, from Old Welsh mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin maior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Breton mair, Breton maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mai̯r/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯r

maer m (plural meiri)

1. mayor, the head of a modern township
2. (historical) mayor, the steward of a royal court^[1]

• maertref
• maer biswail