Mandoor
noun
a slave who acts as the foreman of other slaves
Word Origin
Malay mandor, mandur ‘overseer, foreman’
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- Mandragora
[man-drag-er-uh, man-druh-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh] /mænˈdræg ər ə, ˌmæn drəˈgɔr ə, -ˈgoʊr ə/ noun 1. (def 1). 2. a root. n. see mandrake.
- Mandorla
/mænˈdɔːlə/ noun 1. (in painting, sculpture, etc) an almond-shaped area of light, usually surrounding the resurrected Christ or the Virgin at the Assumption Also called vesica
- Mandrake
[man-dreyk, -drik] /ˈmæn dreɪk, -drɪk/ noun 1. a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form. 2. the May apple. /ˈmændreɪk/ noun 1. a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Mandragora officinarum, with purplish flowers and a forked root. It was formerly thought to have […]
- Mandrel
[man-druh l] /ˈmæn drəl/ noun, Machinery. 1. a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining. 2. a spindle on which a circular saw or grinding wheel rotates. 3. the driving spindle in the headstock of a lathe. /ˈmændrəl/ noun 1. a spindle on which a […]
- Mandrakes
[man-dreyk, -drik] /ˈmæn dreɪk, -drɪk/ noun 1. a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form. 2. the May apple. /ˈmændreɪk/ noun 1. a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Mandragora officinarum, with purplish flowers and a forked root. It was formerly thought to have […]