mayor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- 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)
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛə̯/, (uncommon) /ˈmeɪ.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.ɚ/, /ˈmɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: mare (monosyllabic form)
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ), -eɪə(ɹ)
Noun edit
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 et 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 et 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.
- (figurative, 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:
Synonyms edit
- (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)
Hyponyms edit
(municipal principal leader):
- mayor, lord mayor, Lord Mayor (male mayor)
- mayoress, lady mayor, Lady Mayor (female mayor)
Derived terms edit
- lady mayor
- lord mayor
- mayoral, mayorial
- mayoralty
- mayor-choosing
- mayor-corn
- mayor-council
- mayoress (female mayor)
- mayorhood
- mayorlet
- mayor-making
- mayor's banquet
- mayor's court
- mayor's feast
- mayorsfeud
- mayorship
- mayor's peer
- mayor-town
- mayory
- weak mayor
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- “mayor, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mayor
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:mayor.
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mayor
- major (military rank).
Declension edit
nominative | mayor |
---|---|
genitive | mayornıñ |
dative | mayorğa |
accusative | mayornı |
locative | mayorda |
ablative | mayordan |
References edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch majoor, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 forms edit
- mejar (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Adjective edit
mayor
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mayor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.
Noun edit
mayor
See also edit
Adjective edit
mayor
Portuguese edit
Adjective edit
mayor m or f (plural mayores)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mayor m or f (masculine and feminine plural mayores)
- comparative degree of grande: bigger
- Antonym: menor
- comparative degree of viejo: older; elder
- Antonym: menor
- mi novio es mayor que yo
- my boyfriend is older than me
- tengo una hermana mayor
- I've got an elder sister
- (of a person) comparative degree of viejo: old; at an advanced age
- of age; adult; grown-up
- Synonym: mayor de edad
- Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico
- When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.
- major; main
- Antonym: menor
- una preocupación mayor
- a major concern
- la plaza mayor
- the main square
- 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 terms edit
- a mayor abundamiento
- aguas mayores
- al por mayor
- alcalde mayor
- alguacil mayor
- altar mayor
- batará mayor
- calle mayor
- Carro Mayor
- caza mayor
- cigomático mayor
- colegio mayor
- endrino mayor
- Estado Mayor
- estay mayor
- fuerza mayor
- iglesia mayor
- justicia mayor
- libro mayor
- mayor de edad
- mayor edad
- mayor postor
- mayor postora
- mayor que
- mayora
- mayormente
- oficial mayor
- ortejo mayor
- Osa Mayor
- palabras mayores
- palo mayor
- pasar a mayores
- plana mayor
- plaza mayor
- por la mayor parte
- por mayor
- sargento mayor
- vela mayor
- venta al por mayor
Noun edit
mayor m (plural mayores)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
mayor f (plural mayores)
Further reading edit
- “mayor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sundanese edit
Noun edit
mayor
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior. Doublet of meyor and medyor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈjoɾ/ [mɐˈjoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧yor
Adjective edit
mayór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)
- main; principal
- Synonym: pangunahin
- major
- Synonym: medyor
- greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest
- greater in number, quantity, or extent
Related terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
See meyor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmeoɾ/ [ˈmɛ.oɾ]
- Rhymes: -eoɾ
Noun edit
mayor (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)
- Alternative spelling of meyor
Further reading edit
- “mayor” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “mayor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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