Maner
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete form of manner. alt-of, obsolete
"Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]"
- 2 Obsolete form of manor. alt-of, obsolete
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]"
Etymology
From the German surname Mäner, from Middle High German mener (“cattle driver”).
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