mayor
See also: Mayor
English
Alternative forms
- mayour (obsolete)
Etymology
- Circa 1300 from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”) (13th century), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ), -eɪə(ɹ)
- Homophone: mare (one pronunciation)
Noun
mayor (plural mayors, feminine mayoress)
- 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- The Libertarian mayor of Big Water, Utah, recently slashed property taxes in half and even repealed his own salary!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.
- 2003, Mary Ruwart, Healing our world in an age of aggression - Page 374
- (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
Synonyms
- (female, when distinguished): mayoress
- (head of a town): burgomaster, boroughmaster (historical, of boroughs); provost (of Scottish burghs & historical French bourgs); Lord Provost (of certain Scottish burghs); praetor (archaic)
- (royal officer): seneschal, steward
Hyponyms
(municipal principal leader):
- mayor, lord mayor, Lord Mayor (male mayor)
- mayoress, lady mayor, Lady Mayor (female mayor)
Derived terms
- mayor of the palace
- mayoress (female mayor)
- lord mayor
- lady mayor
Descendants
Translations
leader of a city
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royal steward
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin māior, māiōris.
Adjective
mayor (epicene, plural mayores)
Cebuano
Etymology
From English mayor, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧yor
Noun
mayor
- a mayor; the leader of a city, or a municipality
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mayor.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin maior - major.
Noun
mayor
- major (military rank).
Declension
Declension of mayor
nominative | mayor |
---|---|
genitive | mayornıñ |
dative | mayorğa |
accusative | mayornı |
locative | mayorda |
ablative | mayordan |
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Indonesian
Noun
mayor
- major (military rank in Indonesian Army)
- lieutenant commander (military rank in Indonesian Navy)
- squadron leader (military rank in Indonesian Air Force)
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.
Adjective
mayor
Portuguese
Adjective
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin māior, māiōris.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Bolivia): (file)
Adjective
mayor m or f (masculine and feminine plural mayores)
- bigger
- Antonym: menor
- older; elder
- mi novio es mayor que yo
- my boyfriend is older than me
- tengo una hermana mayor
- I've got an elder sister
- Antonym: menor
- (of a person) old; at an advanced age
- of age; adult; grown-up
- Cuando sea mayor voy a ser médico
- When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.
- Synonym: mayor de edad
- major; main
- una preocupación mayor
- a major concern
- la plaza mayor
- the main square
- Antonym: menor
- head; boss
- (music) major
- Antonym: menor
- (as a superlative) the biggest, the oldest
- enhanced
Derived terms
Noun
mayor m (plural mayores)
mayor f (plural mayores)
Further reading
- “mayor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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