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Definition of 'mayor'English
Alternative forms
* mayour (obsolete)
Noun
( en-noun)
The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
* 2003 , Mary Ruwart, Healing our world in an age of aggression - Page 374
- The Libertarian mayor of Big Water, Utah, recently slashed property taxes in half and even repealed his own salary!
* 2011 , Michael Ryan, The Heart's Location, p 32
- To assist him in his task Paul was joined by Ron Adams, who had been a three-term Libertarian mayor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
By restriction, a male municipal leader
(historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
Synonyms
* (l)
* mayoress (female mayors only)
* provost (Scotland)
Hyponyms
(municipal principal leader)
* mayor , lord mayor (male mayor)
* mayoress , lady mayor (female mayor)
Derived terms
* mayoress (female mayor)
* lord mayor
* lady mayor
Anagrams
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