meier

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛi̯.jər/
• Hyphenation: mei‧er
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ər

From Middle Dutch meier (“head of the household personnel”), which is borrowed from Latin maior (“greater”), short for maior domūs (“supervisor of a house”).^[1]

meier m (plural meiers, diminutive meiertje n)

1. (historical) bailiff

• hofmeier
• meierij

Borrowed from Yiddish מאה (méye), from Hebrew מֵאָה (me'á, “hundred”).

meier m (plural meiers, diminutive meiertje n)

1. (Netherlands, chiefly Amsterdam, informal) honderdje, a 100 guilder banknote, nowadays, however less frequently, used for a 100 euro banknote

• barkie
• honderdje

• joet