mudirn.

Brit.

/muːˈdɪə/, U.S.

/muˈdɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s modeer, 1800s moodir, 1800s– moodeer, 1800s– mudir. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Turkish. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Ottoman Turkish müdir; Arabic mudīr.

Etymology: < Ottoman Turkish müdir (Turkish müdür) director, administrator (compare bucak müdürü district administrator) and its etymon Arabic mudīr, active participle of adāra to administer, govern, causative of dāra to go round.

The governor of a subdistrict in Turkey, or of a province in Egypt or the Sudan.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in Egypt

mudir1844

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > governor of Turkish town or village

kehaya1594

soldan1660

mudir1844

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxvi. 383 The appointment of a special Commissioner—they called him ‘the Modeer’.

1864 Athenæum No. 1921. 245/2 The Mudirs or district-governors.

1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 698 During our stay in the Fayoum we saw a good deal of the mudir or governor.

1885 National Rev. July 677 One day the [Egyptian] police was under the Moodeers, the next it was the reverse.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 691/1 The provincial police is under the direction of the local authorities, the mudirs or governors of provinces, and the mamurs or district officials.

1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 307/2 Kitchener's task on the frontier then became that of endeavouring to establish communications with Khartoum..and to confirm the allegiance of the wavering Mudirs.

1958 L. Durrell Balthazar v. 99 Local mudirs and sheiks.

1998 S. Lawrence Montenegro 144 The Turks are suddenly brave, and even the mudir of Berane, a coward from the womb, is not afraid to ride out with his zapties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mudir
释义	mudirn. Brit. /muːˈdɪə/, U.S. /muˈdɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s modeer, 1800s moodir, 1800s– moodeer, 1800s– mudir. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Turkish. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Ottoman Turkish müdir; Arabic mudīr. Etymology: < Ottoman Turkish müdir (Turkish müdür) director, administrator (compare bucak müdürü district administrator) and its etymon Arabic mudīr, active participle of adāra to administer, govern, causative of dāra to go round. The governor of a subdistrict in Turkey, or of a province in Egypt or the Sudan. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in Egypt mudir1844 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > governor of Turkish town or village kehaya1594 soldan1660 mudir1844 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxvi. 383 The appointment of a special Commissioner—they called him ‘the Modeer’. 1864 Athenæum No. 1921. 245/2 The Mudirs or district-governors. 1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 698 During our stay in the Fayoum we saw a good deal of the mudir or governor. 1885 National Rev. July 677 One day the [Egyptian] police was under the Moodeers, the next it was the reverse. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 691/1 The provincial police is under the direction of the local authorities, the mudirs or governors of provinces, and the mamurs or district officials. 1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 307/2 Kitchener's task on the frontier then became that of endeavouring to establish communications with Khartoum..and to confirm the allegiance of the wavering Mudirs. 1958 L. Durrell Balthazar v. 99 Local mudirs and sheiks. 1998 S. Lawrence Montenegro 144 The Turks are suddenly brave, and even the mudir of Berane, a coward from the womb, is not afraid to ride out with his zapties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
随便看	to pull out of one's ass to pull out of the bag to pull out of the fire to pull out of the hat to pull over to pull pints to pull prime to pull raise oneself by one's bootstraps to pull raise oneself by one's own bootstraps to pull raise oneself up by one's bootstraps to pull raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps to pull rank to pull round to pull something out of one's ass to pull something out of the bag to pull something out of the hat to pull status to pull strings to sell at a pike to sell at the spear to sell away to sell by tap to sell by the candle to sell by the drum to sell dear