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MAINORS
Proper noun
Mainors
plural of Mainor
Anagrams
• A-minors, Morians, Romanis, inamors, manoirs
Noun
mainors
plural of mainor
Anagrams
• A-minors, Morians, Romanis, inamors, manoirs
Source: Wiktionary
MAINOR
Main"or, n. Etym: [Anglo-Norm. meinoure, OF. manuevre. See Maneuver.] (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
Note: A thief was said to be "taken with the mainor," when he was taken with the thing stolen upon him, that is, in his hands. Wharton. Bouvier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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