mudir

British

/ muːˈdɪə /

noun

a local governor

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Etymology

Origin of mudir

C19: via Turkish, from Arabic, from adāra to administrate

Example Sentences

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North Korea had won 1-0 against a Yemen team including Mudir Al Radaei.

From Washington Times

They found some fifty families of Cretan refugees established at Ain Shahat and a mudir with a small guard on the spot: but no inhabited houses, except the Senussi convent and the mudiria.

From Project Gutenberg

Meantime the most amusing part of our down-river voyage occurred at Assiout, where the steamer anchored, and where we spent the afternoon with the Mudir Choucry Pasha and dined with him in the evening.

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Then the Mudir sent a messenger to ask the Prince and Mr. Clarke to join us.

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Mudir, mōō′dēr, n. governor of an Egyptian province.

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