| 单词 |
mormaor |
| 释义 |
‖ mormaor|mɔːˈmɛːə(r)|
Also maormor, mormaer, erron. maarmor.
[a. Gael. mormaer (Book of Deer), mod. mòrmhaor, app. f. mòr great + maor bailiff, steward; the form maormor app. originated from the notion that the word should follow the rule of placing the adj. after the n.]
In ancient Scotland, a high steward of a province.
1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. vii. 405 He became maormor of Moray, during the infancy of Lulach. 1882Blackw. Mag. Mar. 350 The title of earl having been substituted for mormaer when Normanism and feudalism made their way across the Border. 1900A. Lang Hist. Scot. I. 169 Macbeth being introduced as a king, by the English Chronicle, before he was even a mormaor.
Hence morˈmaordom, morˈmaorship.
1837Skene Highlanders Scot. (1902) II. ix. 365 The Rikis or districts in Scotland mentioned in the Sagas..are exactly synonymous with maormorships. 1860W. Anderson Scott. Nation I. 54 Edgar had bestowed on his cousin the maormordom of Athol. |
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