Mainor

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or fact, especially of theft. UK, obsolete
  2. 2
    A stolen article found on the person of the thief. UK, obsolete

    "for the future one credible Witness proveing the Fact, and supported by probable Circumstances, or the Mainor being upon Search or otherwise found with or upon the Malefactor[…]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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"for the future one credible Witness proveing the Fact, and supported by probable Circumstances, or the Mainor being upon Search or otherwise found with or upon the Malefactor[…]"

Etymology

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

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