mairesse
French
Etymology
maire (“mayor”) + -esse (“-ess”)
Pronunciation
Noun
mairesse f (plural mairesses, masculine maire)
- (Quebec, Switzerland) female equivalent of maire; A mayoress, female mayor
- (obsolete) the wife of a mayor
Further reading
- “mairesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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