mormaern.

Brit.

/mɔːˈmɛː/, U.S.

/ˌmɔrˈmɛ(ə)r/, Scottish English

/mɔrˈmer/

Forms: 1800s maormor, 1800s– mormaer, 1900s– maarmor (irregular), 1900s– mormaor.

Origin: A borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymons: Scottish Gaelic mórmhaor, maor mór.

Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic mórmhaor (also maor mór), altered form of mormhar (later morair ; < mor sea (see mere n.¹) + maor bailiff, steward < mayor n. or its etymon post-classical Latin maior ), through analysis of its first element as mór great (see mere adj.¹).

Scottish History.

In ancient Scotland: a high steward of a province.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in ancient Scotland

mormaer1807

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. vii. 405 He became maormor of Moray, during the infancy of Lulach.

1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 350 The title of earl having been substituted for mormaer when Normanism and feudalism made their way across the Border.

1900 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. I. 169 Macbeth being introduced as a king, by the English Chronicle, before he was even a mormaor.

1924 J. Mackinnon Constit. Hist. 70 Mormaer literally means ‘sea-steward’... The office appears to have been originally connected with coast defence. We have the phrase Comes Littoris, apparently the later equivalent of Mormaer, and the title Mormaer was later transformed into Comes, earl.

1992 D. Dunnett King Hereafter (BNC) 692 The army commanded by my lord Ferteth, their Mormaer, and my lord Gillecrist, the Mormaer for Lennox and Strathclyde.

Derivatives

morˈmaerdom n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in ancient Scotland > position of

mormaership1837

mormaerdom1860

1860 W. Anderson Sc. Nation I. 54 Edgar had bestowed on his cousin the maormordom of Athol.

2011 R. Oram Domination & Lordship vi. 221 Long-term possession of a thanage or mormaerdom may also have converted men of ministerial status into nobles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mormaer
释义	mormaern. Brit. /mɔːˈmɛː/, U.S. /ˌmɔrˈmɛ(ə)r/, Scottish English /mɔrˈmer/ Forms: 1800s maormor, 1800s– mormaer, 1900s– maarmor (irregular), 1900s– mormaor. Origin: A borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymons: Scottish Gaelic mórmhaor, maor mór. Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic mórmhaor (also maor mór), altered form of mormhar (later morair ; < mor sea (see mere n.¹) + maor bailiff, steward < mayor n. or its etymon post-classical Latin maior ), through analysis of its first element as mór great (see mere adj.¹). Scottish History. In ancient Scotland: a high steward of a province. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in ancient Scotland mormaer1807 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. vii. 405 He became maormor of Moray, during the infancy of Lulach. 1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 350 The title of earl having been substituted for mormaer when Normanism and feudalism made their way across the Border. 1900 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. I. 169 Macbeth being introduced as a king, by the English Chronicle, before he was even a mormaor. 1924 J. Mackinnon Constit. Hist. 70 Mormaer literally means ‘sea-steward’... The office appears to have been originally connected with coast defence. We have the phrase Comes Littoris, apparently the later equivalent of Mormaer, and the title Mormaer was later transformed into Comes, earl. 1992 D. Dunnett King Hereafter (BNC) 692 The army commanded by my lord Ferteth, their Mormaer, and my lord Gillecrist, the Mormaer for Lennox and Strathclyde. Derivatives morˈmaerdom n. rare ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in ancient Scotland > position of mormaership1837 mormaerdom1860 1860 W. Anderson Sc. Nation I. 54 Edgar had bestowed on his cousin the maormordom of Athol. 2011 R. Oram Domination & Lordship vi. 221 Long-term possession of a thanage or mormaerdom may also have converted men of ministerial status into nobles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807
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