"Mainer" meaning in English

See Mainer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Mainers [plural]
Etymology: From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) and *harjaz (“army”). Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Mainer (plural Mainers)
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
    Sense id: en-Mainer-en-name-7rrtY8Fk Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mainer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Mainers [plural]
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  1. A native or resident of the state of Maine in the United States of America. Synonyms: Mainiac [humorous], Mainite, Vacationlander [rare] Hypernyms: American Translations (native or inhabitant of the State of Maine): Mainois [masculine] (French), Mainoise (cf. adj. mainois m) [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-Mainer-en-noun-6LjUnZEi Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with French translations, American demonyms, Demonyms, Maine, USA Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of American demonyms: 11 89 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 13 87 Disambiguation of Maine, USA: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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