Mair

As Lucille Mathurin Mair notes, "Domestic slaves in particular, many of whom were women ... listened carefully to the discussions of their masters and mistresses: planters spoke quite frequently about slavery in their homes, at the dinner tables ... confident that blacks were too unintelligent to understand the conversation of whites" (991).

London-Kingston-Caracas: The Transatlantic 2006

Mair, that is, in the Sarasen language, mixt of Turkish and

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Chamars they have a family god, known as Mair, whose representation in the shape of a lump of clay is enshrined within the house and worshipped at marriages and deaths.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

Their ancient songs relate that a long time ago a certain very powerful Mair, that is to say, a stranger, who bitterly hated their ancestors, compassed their destruction by a violent inundation.

The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Next turns up in Scotland, assistant to a doctor there; name Mair, locality

Elster's Folly Henry Wood 1850

Jimm's increasingly addled mother, called Mair, has abruptly decided that the family should move south to run the Gulf Bay Lovely Resort and Restaurant, a forlorn dive that is an endless source of wisecracks for this story.

NYT > Home Page By JANET MASLIN 2011

The skit (called Mair, natch) is part of the annual Inner Circle event, in which New York City reporters skewer politicians and current affairs.

Latest Broadway Buzz 2010

The skit (called Mair, natch) is part of the annual Inner Circle event, in which New York City reporters skewer politicians and current affairs.

Latest Broadway Buzz 2010

Hizzoner hammed it up as "Berg," an aging hippie in "Mair" -- a musical spoof he performed for the annual Inner Circle charity dinner with help from the cast of Broadway's "Hair."

NY Post: News By GINGER ADAMS OTIS 2010

[Marginal note: Iair, I would reade Mair, that is, in the Sarasen language, mixt of Turkish and Aegyptian, Februarie, interpreted by them the moneth to set ships to the sea.] the fourteenth day of the moneth, and seuenth yeere of our reigne.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 Richard Hakluyt 1584