The chief municipal officer of a French town or city; (also) the chief municipal officer of one of the arrondissements or districts of Paris.

Any of several New Zealand trees with heavy close-grained wood; especially (a) either of two forest trees of the genus Nestegis (formerly Olea), of the family Oleaceae, N. cunninghamii (more fully "black maire"), a tall tree with dark wood, and N. lanceolata (more fully "white maire"); (b) Mida salicifolia, of the family Santalaceae, a forest tree with leathery leaves; (c) Syzygium (formerly Eugenia) maire, of the family Myrtaceae, a tree of swampy ground with edible red berries.