mayor
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- maiere, maieur, mar, mayere, meer, mehir, meir, meire, mer, mere, meyhir, meyr, maier, mayer, mayr, meyer, meyre, maiour, mair, maire, mare, mayre, maior, major, mawer, majer, mayour (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Circa 1300; from Middle English maire, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”) (13th century), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.ɚ/, /ˈmɛɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛə̯/, /ˈmeɪ.ə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ), -eɪə(ɹ)
- Homophone: mare (one pronunciation)
NounEdit
mayor (plural mayors)
- The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
- 1907 Sept. 12, The Nation, page 222:
- The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.
- 1966 Mar. 31, Lyndon B. Johnson, Remarks before the National Legislative Conference of the National League of Cities:
- When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse—I could be a mayor of a city instead.
- 1988, John B. Judis, William F. Buckley Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives, page p. 291:
- While Buckley would later privately describe Chicago's Mayor Daley as a Fascist, he was not willing to let Vidal use the police to vindicate the demonstrators, who, in Buckley's mind, had provoked much of the violence.
- 1993 Dec. 16, Bill Oakley & al., “"$pringfield"”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 10:
- Quimby: I propose that I use what's left of the town treasury to move to a more prosperous town and run for mayor and once selected I will send for the rest of you.
All: Boo!
- 2006, Ed Burns & al., “"Soft Eyes"”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2:
- Carver: What the hell d'you say to him?
Hauk: I said "Mr Mayor that's a good strong dick you've got there and I see you know how to use it." I didn't say shit!
- (historical) Short for mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.
- (historical) Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
- (Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.
- (historical, obsolete) A high justice, an important judge.
- (chiefly US) A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.
- (figuratively, humorous) A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.
- 1902 May 22, Westminster Gazette, p. 2:
- In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.
- 1982, Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street:
- The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.
- 1902 May 22, Westminster Gazette, p. 2:
SynonymsEdit
- (female, when distinguished): mayoress
- (head of a town): burgomaster, boroughmaster (historical, of boroughs); provost (of Scottish burghs & historical French bourgs); Lord Provost (of certain Scottish burghs); praetor (archaic)
HyponymsEdit
(municipal principal leader):
- mayor, lord mayor, Lord Mayor (male mayor)
- mayoress, lady mayor, Lady Mayor (female mayor)
Derived termsEdit
- lady mayor
- lord mayor
- mayoral, mayorial
- mayoralty
- mayor-choosing
- mayor-corn
- mayoress (female mayor)
- mayorhood
- mayorlet
- mayor-making
- mayor's banquet
- mayor's court
- mayor's feast
- mayorsfeud
- mayorship
- mayor's peer
- mayor-town
- mayory
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- “mayor, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mayor (epicene, plural mayores)
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English mayor, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mayor
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mayor.
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mayor
- major (military rank).
DeclensionEdit
nominative | mayor |
---|---|
genitive | mayornıñ |
dative | mayorğa |
accusative | mayornı |
locative | mayorda |
ablative | mayordan |
ReferencesEdit
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch majoor, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mayor (plural mayor-mayor, first-person possessive mayorku, second-person possessive mayormu, third-person possessive mayornya)
- major (military rank in Indonesian Army)
- lieutenant commander (military rank in Indonesian Navy)
- squadron leader (military rank in Indonesian Air Force)
Alternative formsEdit
- mejar (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
AdjectiveEdit
mayor
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mayor” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.
AdjectiveEdit
mayor
PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mayor m or f (plural mayores)
- Obsolete spelling of maior
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mayor (plural mayores)
- comparative degree of grande: bigger
- Antonym: menor
- comparative degree of viejo: older; elder
- mi novio es mayor que yo
- my boyfriend is older than me
- tengo una hermana mayor
- I've got an elder sister
- Antonym: menor
- (of a person) comparative degree of viejo: old; at an advanced age
- of age; adult; grown-up
- Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico
- When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.
- Synonym: mayor de edad
- major; main
- una preocupación mayor
- a major concern
- la plaza mayor
- the main square
- Antonym: menor
- head; boss
- (music) major
- Antonym: menor
- (as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor) superlative degree of grande: the biggest
- (as a superlative) superlative degree of viejo: the oldest
- enhanced
Derived termsEdit
- aguas mayores
- al por mayor
- batará mayor
- Carro Mayor
- cigomático mayor
- colegio mayor
- endrino mayor
- estay mayor
- fuerza mayor
- justicia mayor
- libro mayor
- mayora
- mayor de edad
- mayor edad
- mayormente
- mayor postor
- mayor postora
- Osa Mayor
- palabras mayores
- palo mayor
- pasar a mayores
- plaza mayor
- por la mayor parte
- por mayor
- vela mayor
- venta al por mayor
NounEdit
mayor m (plural mayores)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
mayor f (plural mayores)
Further readingEdit
- “mayor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SundaneseEdit
NounEdit
mayor
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mayór
- main; principal
- Synonym: pangunahin
- major
- Synonym: medyor
- greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- greater in number, quantity, or extent.
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mayor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018