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mayor

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English maire, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), a substantivation of Old French maire (“greater”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major. Cognate with Old High German meior (“estate manager, steward, bailiff”) (modern German Meier), Middle Dutch meier (“administrator, steward, bailiff”) (modern Dutch meier). Displaced Old English burgealdor (“a ruler of a city, mayor, citizen”), burhġerēfa (“boroughreeve”), and portġerēfa (“portreeve”).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛə/, (increasingly common) /ˈmeɪ.ə/

Noun

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mayor (plural mayors)

  1. The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
    • 1907 Sept. 12, The Nation, page 222:
      The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.
    • 1966 Mar. 31, Lyndon B. Johnson, Remarks before the National Legislative Conference of the National League of Cities:
      When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse—I could be a mayor of a city instead.
    • 1988, John B. Judis, William F. Buckley Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives, page p. 291:
      While Buckley would later privately describe Chicago's Mayor Daley as a Fascist, he was not willing to let Vidal use the police to vindicate the demonstrators, who, in Buckley's mind, had provoked much of the violence.
    • 1993 Dec. 16, Bill Oakley et al., “"$pringfield"”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 10:
      Quimby: I propose that I use what's left of the town treasury to move to a more prosperous town and run for mayor and once selected I will send for the rest of you.
      All: Boo!
    • 2006, Ed Burns et al., “"Soft Eyes"”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2:
      Carver: What the hell d'you say to him?
      Hauk: I said "Mr Mayor that's a good strong dick you've got there and I see you know how to use it." I didn't say shit!
  2. (historical) Ellipsis of mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.
  3. (historical) Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
  4. (Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.
  5. (historical, obsolete) A high justice, an important judge.
  6. (chiefly US) A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.
  7. (figurative, humorous) A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.

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Hyponyms

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(municipal principal leader):

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Descendants

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  • ⇒ Cebuano: mayor
  • → Swahili: meya
  • → Tok Pisin: meya
  • → Yiddish: מייאָר (meyor)

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin maior.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈʝoɾ/ [maˈʝoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧yor

Adjective

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mayor (epicene, plural mayores)

  1. old
  2. older
  3. (music) major
    Synonym: menor

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈjoɾ/ [mɐˈjoɾ̪]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧yor

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior.

Noun

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mayór (Badlit spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. major
    Synonym: medyor

Adjective

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mayór (Badlit spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. major
    Synonym: kinalabwan

Etymology 2

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Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English mayor. The Spanish word for “mayor” would be alcalde.

Noun

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mayór (Badlit spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. mayor
    Synonym: alkalde
    • 2018 June 29, “Video nga Gi-upload 'Pagpanaut' kang Luigi”, in SuperBalita Cebu:
      Gihulagway sa tigpamaba ni Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing nga black propaganda aron pagdaot sa imahe sa mayor ang tuyo sa usa ka online post diin nagpakita sa mga babaye nga nag-party ug nagsayawsayaw sa yate uban sa opisyal.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From Latin maior (“major”).

Noun

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mayor

  1. major (military rank).

Declension

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Declension of mayor
nominative mayor
genitive mayornıñ
dative mayorğa
accusative mayornı
locative mayorda
ablative mayordan

References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch majoor, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior.

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mayor (plural mayor-mayor)

  1. major (military rank in Indonesian Army)
  2. lieutenant commander (military rank in Indonesian Navy)
  3. squadron leader (military rank in Indonesian Air Force)

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Adjective

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mayor (comparative lebih mayor, superlative paling mayor)

  1. major
    Synonyms: besar, utama
    Antonym: minor
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Further reading

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

Noun

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mayor

  1. parent

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Adjective

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mayor

  1. great, major

Portuguese

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Adjective

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mayor m or f (plural mayores)

  1. obsolete spelling of maior

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin maior.

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Adjective

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mayor m or f (masculine and feminine plural mayores)

  1. comparative degree of grande: bigger
    Antonym: menor
    • 2024 April 29, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Rolls-Royce amplía su fábrica para construir coches más despacio”, in CNN en Español‎[2]:
      Los fabricantes italianos de supercoches Lamborghini y Ferrari también han informado de un mayor interés por los programas de personalización.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. comparative degree of viejo: older; elder
    Antonym: menor
    mi novio es mayor que yo
    my boyfriend is older than me
    tengo una hermana mayor
    I've got an elder sister
  3. (of a person) comparative degree of viejo: old; at an advanced age
    Synonyms: viejo, anciano
  4. of age; adult; grown-up
    Synonym: mayor de edad
    Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico
    When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.
  5. major; main
    Antonym: menor
    una preocupación mayor
    a major concern
    la plaza mayor
    the main square
  6. head; boss
  7. (music) major
    Antonym: menor
  8. (as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor) superlative degree of grande: the biggest
  9. (as a superlative) superlative degree of viejo: the oldest
  10. enhanced

Derived terms

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Noun

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mayor m (plural mayores)

  1. (military) major (military rank)
  2. boss; head
    Synonym: patrón
  3. (literary, in the plural) ancestors
    Synonyms: antepasado, ancestro
  4. old person
    Synonym: viejo

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Noun

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mayor f (plural mayores)

  1. (nautical) mainsail

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Sundanese

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Noun

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mayor

  1. picnic

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior. Doublet of meyor and medyor.

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Adjective

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mayór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. main; principal
    Synonym: pangunahin
  2. major
    Synonym: medyor
    1. greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest
    2. greater in number, quantity, or extent
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Further reading

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  • “mayor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
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