mayor
[mey-er, mair]
- the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- the chief magistrate of a city or borough.
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Origin of mayor
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Examples from the Web for mayoral
Contemporary Examples
DeMaio has claimed that his 2012 mayoral opponent criticized his partner "just to point out the fact that I was gay."
In Hattiesburg, the fourth largest city in the state, a second mayoral election was held in September 2013.
Perry said most of the absentee ballots questioned in the mayoral race had six or seven different issues.
The group did decline to endorse DeMaio during his mayoral race.
Ask Sharpton himself what he thinks of what I was writing about him during the 2001 New York mayoral campaign.
Historical Examples
The mayoral, with his wife and children, turn out to meet and welcome us.
The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in CubaWalter Goodman
The mayoral went out, and returned a minute after, followed by Rafal.
The Trappers of ArkansasGustave Aimard
The regular and permanent officers of a plantation are the mayoral and mayordomo.
To Cuba and BackRichard Henry Dana
The mayoral lingered for about a week, and then shared the fate of Pepe.
Farfrae, with Mayoral authority, immediately rose to the occasion.
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy
mayor
- the chairman and civic head of a municipal corporation in many countriesScottish equivalent: provost
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French maire, from Latin maior greater. See major
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Word Origin and History for mayoral
mayor
n.
c.1300, from Old French maire "head of a city or town government" (13c.), originally "greater, superior" (adj.), from Latin maior, major, comparative of magnus "great" (see magnum).
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