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  • Maestre: a master of some subject or occupation
  • Maestre de campo (maese de campo): field commander; the second in command after the general
  • Maestresala: head of the household
  • Maravedí, maravedíes: an archaic basic unit of Spanish currency. In the sixteenth century it was not a physical coin
  • Marqués: A person bearing this title of nobility had a lower status than a duque but higher than a conde
  • Mayorazgo: an estate inherited by primogeniture
  • Mayordomo: a foreman or custodian of public or private property
  • Mercador (mercader): a merchant
  • Méritos y servicios: a statement presented to obtain royal favor in which the deeds of one's ancestors (méritos) and one's own deeds (servicios) are enumerated