quair

/ (kwer, kwɛə) /

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noun

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Word Origin for quair

a variant of quire 1

Words nearby quair

quail, quail-brush, quail clock, quail dove, quaint, quair, quake, quake in one's boots, quakeproof, Quaker, Quakeress

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How to use quair in a sentence

Such seems also to be the meaning in the passage in the Kingis Quair, st. 47, which was probably imitated from the present one.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
It is much more removed from our language than the Kings Quair.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
There cannot, in truth, be two opinions about the Kingis Quair.
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins
Perhaps Quair's inheritance had been humor, but to some it seemed perilously akin to mother-wit.
Between Friends|Robert W. Chambers

"If you two unusually intelligent gentlemen ask me what good a woman the world—" began Quair.
Between Friends|Robert W. Chambers