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▪ I. ‖ mudir|muːˈdɪə(r)|
Also moodir, moodeer.
[Turk. use of Arab. mudīr, active pple. of adāra to administer, govern (Dozy), causative of dāra to go round.]
In Turkey, the governor of a village or canton; in Egypt, the governor of a province.
1844A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxvi. 383 The appointment of a special Commissioner—they called him ‘the Modeer’. 1864Athenæum No. 1921. 245/2 The Mudirs or district-governors. 1881Blackw. Mag. June 698 During our stay in the Fayoum we saw a good deal of the mudir or governor. 1885Nat. Rev. July 677 One day the [Egyptian] police was under the Moodeers, the next it was the reverse. 1902[see mamur]. 1958L. Durrell Balthazar v. 99 Local mudirs and sheiks.
▪ II. mudir
variant of mudar. |