Mayor Definition
māər, mâr
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.
Webster's New World
The head of government of a city, town, borough, or municipal corporation.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- city-father
- Burgermeister (German)
- maire (French)
- civil administrator
- president of a city council
- chairman of a city council
- prefect
- magistrate
- borough president
- lord-mayor
- civil judge
- burgomaster
- city manager
pronoun
A surname.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Mayor
Noun
Singular:
mayorPlural:
mayorsOrigin of Mayor
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Middle English maire from Old French from Medieval Latin māior from Latin greater, superior meg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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