mayoress

[mey-er-is, mair-is]

noun

1. a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.

2. the wife of a mayor.

mayoress

/ ˈmɛərɪs /

noun

1. the wife of a mayor

2. a female mayor

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mayoress¹

1400–50; mayor + -ess; replacing late Middle English meyresse

Example Sentences

While working on “Anyone Can Whistle,” she complained to Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the songs, that she didn’t really understand and thus feel comfortable playing the corrupt mayoress: There was “no there there.”

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Though her time in office was brief, Landes — who hated being called “mayoress” — was praised for an effective, scandal-free administration, and was endorsed by The Seattle Times for reelection.

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I chose Kember as mayoress as she has always been hugely supportive of me and I'm very proud of her.

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For the mayoress he wrote catchy pastiches that might have come from a witty chanteuse’s nightclub act.

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A man has been charged after a former Bolton mayoress was hit and killed in a car crash.

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