Definitions for Mayor
ˈmeɪ ər, mɛərMay·or

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mayor, city managernoun

   the head of a city government

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. mayornoun

   The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.

2. Etymology: * (c. 1300) From maire (13th century), from maior, comparative of magnus.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mayornoun

   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

2. Etymology: [OE. maire, F. maire, fr. L. major greater, higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See Major, and cf. Merino.]

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1. Mayor

   In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city. In many municipal systems the mayor serves as chief executive officer and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mayor

   mā′ur, n. the chief magistrate of a city or borough:—fem. May′oress.—adj. May′oral.—ns. May′oralty, May′orship, the office of a mayor. [Fr. maire—L. major, comp. of magnus, great.]

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1. mayor

   1. _Particeps criminis._ 2. The head and front of our offending. 3. Polonius Pecksniff, who plays Bottom for a stipend. 4. A chaste, honorable, virtuous person whose private life is made inviolable by the libel laws. 5. A prickly sensation in the back of Folly and Revelry. 6. The culmination, zenith, equator and pediment of self-sufficient mediocrity. 7. A crow's-nest from which one may see the perpetually receding horizons of the Governorship and the Presidency. 8. A chef of morality. 9. Any person afflicted with primary, secondary or tertiary holiness. 10. A palm-reader. 11. A nebulous cluster of thought-embryons resolved into a gaseous state. 12. The nosebag of public decency. 13. The _alter ego_ of organized cant. 14. The critic of impure reason. 15. Lobster emeritus. 16. A person who takes an oath to love, honor and obey Tartuffe.

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1. mayor

   A socialist person with the accurate and specific ability, experience, skills, knowledge, leadership skills, qualifications, promotes and actions socialism, power to the people and socialist policies with the role and responsibility of managing a specific type of unity government department.

   The Mayor of the City is a very knowledgeable and experienced leader.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mayor' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4792

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mayor' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1863

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mayor' in Nouns Frequency: #1679

Anagrams for Mayor »

1. moray, Moray

2. Amory

3. Moray

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mayor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mayor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Mayor in a Sentence

1. Marta Mares:

   We want to support NYPD officers because now we can see what danger they are in, especially under Mayor de Blasio.

2. Jaclyn Rothenberg:

   The Trump administration abandoned the people of Puerto Rico, our mayor will not. We will shelter our fellow Jaclyn Rothenberg citizens, and we will do all we can to help them to get back on their feet.

3. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

   I was really amazed at what Mayor Bloomberg just said a moment ago, vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said that the Chinese government is responsive to the Politburo, but who the hell is the Politburo responsive to ? Who elects the Politburo ? You got a real dictatorship there.

4. Michael Gianaris:

   There's rhetoric and there's policy-making. And the mayor has no role in policy-making at state level, so he can make his case and we will show him the respect he deserves to be heard. But those are state decisions, ultimately.

5. Donald Trump:

   -- a move that his lawyer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has long insisted is the main reason why the President shouldn't even consider sitting down with Robert Mueller. But what President Donald Trump is describing above isn't a perjury trap at all.Read MoreLet's define the term first : A perjury trap is when a prosecutor asks questions of a witness knowing that witness will lie. In order to lure someone into a perjury trap, you have to know two things beyond any doubt : 1) The facts behind the question and 2) That the person you are asking the question of is going to lie about the facts.It's not at all clear that's what would be going on with a Mueller-Trump sit-down -- on matters related to Comey or anything else. And in fact, the scenario President Donald Trump lays out isn't even close to a perjury trap. Instead it's a.

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