mairesse
French edit
Etymology edit
From maire (“mayor”) + -esse (“-ess”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mairesse f (plural mairesses, masculine maire)
- (Quebec, Switzerland) female equivalent of maire; A mayoress, female mayor
- (obsolete) the wife of a mayor
Further reading edit
- “mairesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.