mayoralty

[mey-er-uhl-tee, mair-uhl-]

noun

plural

mayoralties 

1. the office or tenure of a mayor.

mayoralty

/ ˈmɛərəltɪ /

noun

1. the office or term of office of a mayor

Word History and Origins

Origin of mayoralty¹

1350–1400; mayor + -al ¹ + -ty ²; replacing Middle English mairaltee < Middle French mairalte

Word History and Origins

Origin of mayoralty¹

C14: from Old French mairalté

Example Sentences

In the 2024 local elections, his party won more than 500 mayoralties across Brazil.

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Yet others question whether anything like a Mamdani mayoralty would really provoke millionaires and billionaires to decamp.

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On 17 February 2003, motorists had to pay a charge to drive in central London for the first time, under the mayoralty of Ken Livingstone.

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It captured the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayoralty from Labour - a silver lining for the party in an otherwise dismal set of results.

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The Green Party is hoping for success in the West of England mayoralty, after winning Bristol Central in the general election and becoming the biggest party on the council last year.

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