maire

British  

/ mɑːiːrə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of maire

Māori

Example Sentences

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maire

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

And in this yere Sr. Nicholl Brembre was chosene maire of London be stronge hand of certeyne craftes of London.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

Adam and nouestro maire Evo are put into the Garden of Eden.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

A few days after the death of my sister, we appeared in our poor work-a-day clothes, before the maire.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

Conchon was maire of Clermont-Ferrand, and he who was as innocent of all this as a new-born babe, had his house burned over his head.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.