- maighstir
- maighistir, maighstirmaster, Irish maighisdir, Middle Irish magisder, Welsh meistyr, Cornish maister; from Latin magister, English master.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
maighstir
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