mayor

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

  • (c. 1300) From Old French maire (head of a city or town government) (13th century), from Latin maior (bigger, greater, superior), comparative of magnus (big, great).

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mayor (plural mayors)

  1. 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.

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Adjective

mayor

  1. old
  2. older
  3. (music) major

[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Etymology

Latin maior - major.

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mayor

  1. major (military rank).

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  • Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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mayor

  1. great, major

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin maior, maioris.

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  • (file)

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mayor m. and f. (plural mayores)

  1. bigger; comparative form of grande
  2. older; in this sense, comparative form of viejo, vieja
  3. wholesale

el mayor m., la mayor f., lo mayor n.

  1. Superlative forms of (1) and (2). The biggest, the oldest.

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