Definitions for mayor
ˈmeɪ ər, mɛərmay·or

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. mayor, city manager(noun)

   the head of a city government

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. mayor(Noun)

   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.

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

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

1. Mayor(noun)

   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

Origin: [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.

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

How to pronounce mayor?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Andrew Dossi:

   The mayor seemed passive.

2. Scott Walker:

   The mayor can speak for himself.

3. Betty McCray:

   It never came up until I ran for mayor.

4. David Letterman:

   New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani told Deadline.

5. Jesus Garcia:

   This new move by Mayor Emanuel is too little, too late.

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