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maire

British  
/ mɑːiːrə /

noun

  1. a tall native New Zealand tree, olea cunninghami , with dark brown wood

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of maire

Māori

Example Sentences

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La maire Anne Hidalgo a elle-même appelé l’artiste pour obtenir son autorisation.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

Joseph Le Chapelain, le maire de Saint-Paul-de-Vence, qui a signé le permis de construire l’année dernière, explique que le projet n’est plus de son ressort.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

At the end of it all, she said distractedly, there may be "plus de maire et plus de m�re"�no more mayor and no more mother left.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cracked a foreign diplomat in expectant Washington: "Us ne passeront pas devant le maire* but there will be a common-law marriage."

From Time Magazine Archive

Come, let us leave monsieur le maire alone.

From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre