reachtaire
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish rechtaire (“steward, bailiff, administrator”).
Noun[edit]
reachtaire m (genitive singular reachtaire, nominative plural reachtairí)
- (historical) controller (of royal household); administrator, steward
- (ecclesiastical) rector
- auditor (of society); master of ceremonies
- (historical, agriculture) dairy farmer renting land and stock
Declension[edit]
Declension of reachtaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
- (auditor): reachtaire cumainn
Derived terms[edit]
- ard-reachtaire (“comptroller”)
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reachtaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “auditor”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “comptroller”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “master of ceremonies”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “rector”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024