mayor
Meaning of mayor
noun
- The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
- Short for mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.
- Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
- A member of a city council.
- A high justice, an important judge.
- A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.
- A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.
Information about mayor
- It is a name.
- The plural form of mayor is: mayors.
- Languages in which mayor is used:
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Hyphenation of mayor
mayor
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- mayor is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
mayor synonyms
Meaning :
mayoress, boroughmaster, burgomaster, praetor, provost
Translation of mayor
- Spanish: alcalde, alcaldesa, burgomaestre
- French: maire, bourgmestre, mairesse
- Italian: sindaco, sindachessa
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