mayoress
Americannoun
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a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.
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the wife of a mayor.
noun
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the wife of a mayor
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a female mayor
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of mayoress
1400–50; mayor + -ess; replacing late Middle English meyresse
Example Sentences
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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.”
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
Coe's father, James was Labour mayor of Tynemouth and a magistrate, while his mother, Lily, was mayoress, he said.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2015
When that lady mayoress and the lord mayor visited Austin in 1983, they gave the opal to Austin.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2015
Last week, some mediocre California mayoress announced that she wasn’t going to attend a Veterans Day event in her city of Richmond.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2011
Soissons, you may be sure, was very proud of its cool, courageous lady mayoress.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by Parrott, James Edward
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