marulán

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since the 19th century. Perhaps from *marullanus, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *māros (“big”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marulán m (plural maruláns)

  1. (historical) elder; usually the richest farmer of a community

References

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  • “marulán” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “marulán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “mayor”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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