different between mainer vs mainor

English

Etymology

main +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?n?/

Noun

mainer (plural mainers)

1. (US slang) A needle for (illicit) drug administration.

Translations

Anagrams

• Amrine, Armine, Marine, Marnie, Merina, Minear, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, marine, remain

French

Etymology

Derived from main (“hand”) +? -er.

Verb

mainer

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to carry

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman meinoure, Old French manuevre. See maneuver and French main (“hand”).

Noun

mainor (plural mainors)

1. (law, Britain, obsolete) The act or fact, especially of theft.
2. (law, Britain, obsolete) A stolen article found on the person of the thief.

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Usage notes

• A thief was said to be "taken with the mainor" when he was taken with the thing stolen upon him, i.e. in his hands.

Anagrams

• A minor, A-minor, Marion, Morian, Romani, Romina, in mora, inamor, manoir, roamin'