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mayor

[ mey-er, mair ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

mayor

/ mɛə /

the chairman and civic head of a municipal corporation in many countries Scottish equivalentprovost

Origin of mayor¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; from Medieval Latin major major; replacing Middle English mer, mair, from Old French maire

Origin of mayor¹

C13: from Old French maire, from Latin maior greater. See major

“Having been a legislator and a mayor, I particularly enjoy being a chief executive,” he said.

Patrick Klugman, the deputy mayor of Paris, said: “We are living our kind of 9/11,” he said.

Vice President Joe Biden spoke, followed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, then Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton.

Earlier, when the mayor spoke, some of the cops had turned their back on the Jumbotron that carried the service to the street.

Even before the shootings, New York policeman were telling the Mayor not to attend their funerals.

Aristide stood gossiping until the Mayor invited him to take a place at the table and consume liquid refreshment.

The next morning the Mayor entered his office with a very grave face.

Ruefully Aristide asked himself the question: why had the Mayor not taken him into the confidence of his masquerading escapade?

It would have been nice to see Meadows wind up rich, or for Howlet to become mayor of the dome, but what could I do?

Gone, too, is the hamlet of Garratt, whose mock elections of a Mayor caused such convivial excitement a century ago.

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