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Mayor

Mayor Meaning & Definition
Mayor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mayor?

[n] the head of a city government

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mayor: city manager

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mayor: alderman | archon | bailie | burghermaster | burgomaster | cabinet member | cabinet minister | chancellor | city councilman | city father | city manager | commissar | commissioner | councillor | councilman | councilwoman | county commissioner | county supervisor | elder | headman | induna | legislator | lord mayor | magistrate | maire | minister | minister of state | portreeve | reeve | secretary | secretary of state | selectman | supervisor | syndic | undersecretary | warden

See Also | burgomaster | civil authority | ex-mayor | mayoress | politician

Mayor In Webster's Dictionary

\May"or\, n. [OE. maire, F. maire, fr. L. major greater, higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See {Major}, and cf. {Merino}.] The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.

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