city father
any of the officials or prominent citizens of a city.
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Osteria del Pozzo is famous for the brodetto all’anconetano, a dish so important to the coastal city of Ancona that the city fathers chose to dedicate prominent space on the local government website to it.
The bulls are firmly in control as the global markets open for 2021 | Bernhard Warner | January 4, 2021 | FortuneImagine a New York city father without digestion; what a subject of scorn he would become to his constituency!
Buffalo Land | W. E. Webb"We are turning into a city-father," he once said, trying to be the first to laugh.
Cousin Pons | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for city father
a person who is active or prominent in the public affairs of a city, such as an alderman
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