maistryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 2

Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī), from Portuguese mestre.

名詞

maistry (複数形 maistries)

1. (obsolete, India) A foreman.
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:

     Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “Well, yes, of a kind. I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

2. (obsolete, India) Any artisan, such as a cook or a tailor.

別の表記

• mistry

アナグラム

• symitar