mayor 
mayor (mā′ər, mer)
noun
the elected or appointed head of a municipal government, usually the chief administrative official but sometimes a largely ceremonial figure having little executive authority
Etymology: ME mair < OFr maire < L major, compar. of magnus, great: see magni-
mayor
n.
Converse of object
- elect: The most basic the company will elected mayor the.
- criticize: Two years ago, French authorities famously arrested a blogger for criticizing the city mayor.
- appoint: Mayor again A RETIRED teacher has been appointed mayor in his adopted town for the second time.
Converse of subject
- govern: The town was incorporated by Queen Mary in 1555, and is governed by a mayor, eight aldermen, and a recorder.
Adjective modifier
- directly-elected: The idea of directly-elected mayors is the more established of the two.
- elected: Official opening: Thurs 6pm, opened by Mike Wolfe, the city's former elected mayor.
- deputy: Putin rose rapidly to become deputy mayor, where he gained a reputation for silent, chilly efficiency.
- incumbent: Maputo In Maputo the Frelimo candidate, incumbent mayor Artur Canana won, but with a strong showing by independent candidate Philippe Gagnaux.
- former: Official opening: Thurs 6pm, opened by Mike Wolfe, the city's former elected mayor.
Modifies a noun
- daley: I would be mayor richard daley overseeing the study.
- richard: I would be mayor richard daley overseeing the study.
- terry: Springs mayor terry making consecutive final the transfer to.
Noun used with modifier
- lord: His son John, who was four times lord mayor of London ( fn.
- deputy: Former deputy mayor Norman Fisher: appeared September 2000.
- city: Primary systems are most commonly used in the US for all types of elections from the city mayor to the president.
Preposition: of
- palace: By order of the mayor of the palace he was murdered in a forest near Compiègne.
- town: On the launch of both these services, messages were exchanged between the mayors of the terminus towns.
- boro: For the first time in the history of the English nation a man of color has been elected mayor of an English boro.
- city: Mayor of the city, Cha O'Neill also welcomed delegates to the town.
Why should it take three times longer to elect a Mayor for London as it does to set up an entire Scottish Parliament?
A good lord mayor of Birmingham in a lean year.
The people die so, that now it seems theyare fain to carry the dead to be buried by daylight, the nights not sufficing to do it in. And my Lord Mayor commands people to be within at 9 at night, all (as they say) that the sick may have liberty to go abroad for ayre.
Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the Government that heislikethetowntart who has finally married themayor.
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