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مِدْرَهٌ مدر مدراة مدره مدرة A noble chief or lord; (ISd, K;) so called because he is strong to execute affairs, and ventures upon them suddenly: (ISd, TA:) and a headman, or chief, (مُقَدَّم, [so in the copies of the K, but the right reading is probably مُقْدِم, i. e. bold,]) in respect of tongue, on the occasion of contention, or disputation; and in arm, or hand, on the occasion of fight: (K, * TA:) or the headman and spokesman of a people, or party: (S:) or the spokesman and defender of a people, or party: (Msb:) or مِدْرَهُ قَوْمٍ means the defender of a people, or party; (JK, TA;) the chief, or headman, among them: (JK:) or the headman and orator and spokesman and defender of a people, or party: (TA:) and مِدْرَهُ حَرْبٍ means the same; (JK, TA;) or the chief by whom evil is repelled, and who orders, or arranges, the affairs of war: (Ham p. 232:) pl. مَدَارِهُ. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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