Mayor

Definition: Mayor

Mayor

Noun

1. The head of a city government.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mayor" was first used: sometime in the mid-13th century. (references)

Etymology: Mayor \May"or\, noun. [from Old English expression maire, French maire, from the Latin expression major greater, higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; compage to the Spanish expression mayor. See Major, and compare to Merino.]. (references)

Literature

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Mayor

Director

Head, head man, head center, boss; principal, president, speaker; chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson; captain; (master); superior; mayor; (civil authority); vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch.

Master

Mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic; alcalde, alcaid; burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve; lord mayor; officer; (executive); dewan, fonctionnaire.

Crosswords: Mayor

Indonesian (major), Papiamen (major), Spanish (adult, better, big, bigger, boss, capital, chief, elder, elderly, greater, high, higher, main, major, older, sacred, senior, utmost).

Maybe the mayor let him out so that Williams would vote for him. (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur)

Upstanding mayor stuff (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

You can't hurt Christmas, Mr. Mayor, beacuse it isn't about the the gifts or the contest or the fancy lights (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price)

From the Mayor. It had an expensive frame (The Sixth Sense; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Reacting swiftly, Mayor Quimby declared Mob Rule (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

It's a mayor event (In France; performing artist: Frank Zappa)

Antonio and the Mayor (1974)

El Mar mayor (1973)

Descubrimiento del mayor túnel submarino (1972)

Hugo for Mayor (1967)

Fiesta mayor (1966)

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References

• Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor (I Can Read) (reference)

• American Pharaoh: Mayor Richad J. Daley, His Battle for Chicago and the Nation (reference)

• The Mayor of Casterbridge (reference)

• The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (reference)

• The Napoleon of New York: Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• 15 Exitos De El Salsero Mayor (reference)

• Mayor - The Musical (1985 Original Off-Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Caption: Wilber B. Huston, Winner of the 1929 Edison Scholarship Contest, Being Congratulated on the Steps of City Hall in New York City by Mayor James J. Walker; New York, NY; August 1929; {13.100/6} (jpg).

Metropolitan Hospital, Welfare Island, New York City, N.Y. : Mayor Strong and John Faure, Commissioner of Charities in 1896. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

El beber podría destruir su mayor ilusión. : Si está embarazada, pregúntele al médico sobre las bebidas alcohólicas. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Mrs. Andrew J. Peters (Martha Phillips), ship's Sponsor and wife of the Mayor of Boston, with her party at Dale's christening ceremonies, 19 November 1919. The ship was built at Bethlehem Steel Company's Victory Destroyer Plant, Squantum, Massachusetts. Credit: NAVY.

"The first phase of reactivation work began today (Tuesday, December 5) aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles (CA-135) at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Today, Yard workmen removed the ship's gun covers and prepared for all-out reactivation. When the ship is re-commissioned, probably during mid-January 1951, special ceremonies will be held and it is hoped by local Navy officials that the Honorable Fletcher Bowrow, Mayor of Los Angeles, will be present." Text quoted from the original photo caption, which was released on 5 December 1950. The ship recommissioned on 27 January 1951, following reactivation work at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, where this photograph was taken. Credit: NAVY.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson, to Mr. Weightman, late Mayor of Washington. Credit: Library of Congress.

The would-be mayor preparing to quell a riot. Credit: Library of Congress.

News note -- the death of Bernard Deutsch of the Board of Aldermen deprives Mayor La Guardia, of New York, of control of the important Board of Estimate. Credit: Library of Congress.

Long legged, large beaked bird with feathers plucked, labeled Hughes governor, Parker nominated, McClellan mayor, and one remaining, Independence League. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mayor Walker and party of city officials inspect West Point Cadet Corps. Credit: Library of Congress.

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This monster of a mayor, this old whelp of a mayor, he is the cause of all this

My lord, the Mayor of London comes to greet you.

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Business

For the first time since the 1920's, the people of Mexico City elected a mayor, PRD candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas. (references)

Two-way paging has been the top priority of the mayor players since the end of 1995, nevertheless, this service is not yet offered in Argentina. (references)

Rapidly after it became a county, the city's mayor called for the integration of the Council for Economic Development to take care of the growing needs of infrastructure in the region. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mexico

On November 23, Robles was exonerated from misspending her budget when she was mayor. (references)

Mali

The case was closed following negotiations between the judges association, the mayor, and the broadcaster. (references)

Kazakhstan

In September the Jewish community opened a new synagogue in Pavlodar on land donated by the mayor of the city. (references)

Economic History

Sierra Leone

There also is an elected council and mayor in Freetown, Bo, Kenema, and Makeni. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

There are 196 communes, each headed by an elected mayor, plus the city of Abidjan with 10 mayors. (references)

Central African Republic

Local elections held in mid-1988 created 176 municipal councils, each headed by a mayor appointed by the president. (references)

Human Rights

Spain

On March 20, ETA assailants shot to death the deputy mayor of the Basque town of Lasarte. (references)

Russia

There were no developments in the 1999 killing of St. Petersburg Deputy Mayor Mikhail Manevich. (references)

Russia

There have been no developments in the December 5, 2000, killing of the Mayor of Murom, Petr Kaurov. (references)

Minorities

Georgia

The mayor and local police chief refused to intervene, and local law enforcement officials warned that there would be further attacks. (references)

Russia

This act was perpetrated just days after the Rosh Hashanah visit to the synagogue of Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov and other dignitaries. (references)

Greece

The Ministry of Interior, NGO's, and the Ombudsman intervened with the Mayor afterwards, arguing that demolition required a judicial decision. (references)

Political Economy

Haiti

In December President Aristide removed the Hinche mayor from office. (references)

Morocco

Several of Morocco's larger municipal councils elect a President of the Urban Commune, a sort of mayor. (references)

Mali

The Government generally respects freedom of speech; however, in June the mayor of Bamako was convicted of defamation. (references)

Political Rights

Central African Republic

In 1999 the President appointed a woman to be the mayor of Bangui. (references)

Armenia

The executive branch appoints the 10 regional governors (marzpets) and the mayor of Yerevan. (references)

Turkey

The HADEP mayor of Semdimli remained suspended from office pending resolution of similar charges against him. (references)

Women

Mexico

The CNDH therefore recommended that the state attorney general and the mayor of Ciudad Juarez be investigated for negligence; however, no action was taken. (references)

Moldova

The Country's then-First Lady and the mayor of Chisinau initiated a project in October 1999 to open a women's shelter in Chisinau; however, it still was under construction at year's end. (references)

Mexico

In June 2000, then-Mexico City Mayor Rosario Robles publicized a handbook written by a coalition of feminist NGO's to reduce domestic violence and to help victims of gender discrimination. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

One arrest warrant was issued against the Mayor of Tumbador, San Marcos Province, Fredy Radinel Vasquez Orozco. (references)

Colombia

The strike paralyzed the capital for several days before the mayor and transportation unions negotiated a solution. (references)

Russia

In June the mayor of Nizhniy Tagil signed a decree liquidating the MAT depot, although the depot continued to operate. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "mayor": appoint oneself as mayor ♦ caza mayor ♦ lord mayor ♦ mayor elect. Additional references.

Beginning with "mayor": mayor-elect, mayor-making.

Ending with "mayor": deputy-mayor, ex-mayor, vice-mayor.

Albanian

kryetar bashkie (provost). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عمدة (provost, sheriff), ‏المحافظ (die hard, fogy, governor). (various references)

Bulgarian 

кмет (portreeve, provost, reeve). (various references)

Chamorro

atkadi. (various references)

Chinese 

市長 , 市长. (various references)

Czech

starosta (chairman). (various references)

Danish

borgmester (burgomaster, provost). (various references)

Dutch

burgemeester (burgomaster, provost), burgervader (burgomaster, provost). (various references)

Esperanto

vilaĝestro (burgomaster, provost), urbestro. (various references)

Faeroese

borgmeistari. (various references)

Farsi 

شهردار (Municipality, Provost). (various references)

Finnish

pormestari (burgomaster), kaupunginjohtaja (city manager). (various references)

French

maire (lord mayor), bourgmestre (lord mayor). (various references)

Frisian

boargemaster (burgomaster, provost). (various references)

German

Bürgermeister (burgomaster, mayors, provost). (various references)

Greek 

δήμαρχος (chief officer of city, lord mayor). (various references)

Hebrew 

ראש העיר. (various references)

Hungarian

polgármester (portreeve, provost). (various references)

Indonesian

walikota (burgomaster). (various references)

Italian

sindaco (provost). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

市長 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しちょう (an audition, attention, branch office, cities and towns, leading private, municipal office, paper mosquito net, trend of thought, trial listening). (various references)

Korean 

시장 (market, marketplace, Market-place). (various references)

Manx

meoir (agent of estate, bailiff, curator, custodian, ganger, keeper, manager, prefect, steward, supervisor, taskmaster). (various references)

Pig Latin

ayormay.(various references)

Polish

sołtys (burgomaster, provost). (various references)

Portuguese

prefeito (prefect). (various references)

Romanian

primar (bailiff, elementary, initial, once removed, primal, primary, primeval, pristine, provost). (various references)

Romany

cheribashì. (various references)

Russian 

мэр (provost). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

gradonačelnik. (various references)

Spanish

alcalde (burgomaster, governor, guv, provost), alcade (burgomaster, provost). (various references)

Swedish

borgmästare (portreeve, provost). (various references)

Thai

นายกเทศมนตรี. (various references)

Turkish

belediye başkanı (burgomaster, chief magistrate, city father, city manager, provost). (various references)

Turkmen 

hдkim. (various references)

Ukrainian

мер. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thị trưởng. (various references)

Welsh

maer. (various references)

maire. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mayor": mayoral, mayoralties, mayoralty, mayoress, mayoresses, mayors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mayor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amyr, bayor, fayourn, Kanyoro, mabor, magor, Mahor, Mahorn, maiar, maiorem, Maiori, mairo, Maiyu, Mamor, Manyo, maor, mapor, Mator, mavor, Mayerl, mayero, Mayeur, mayi, maynot, Mayoh, Mayol, Mayos, mayou, mays, Mayto, mayyu, mazor, meorr, meyo, meyon, mior, molycorp, Moydog, Moyo, myar, Myod, myr, Nahor, nayo, Umayr. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: moray.

-1 letter: army, mayo, mora, roam.

-2 letters: arm, mar, may, moa, mor, oar, ora, ram, ray, rom, rya, yam, yar, yom.

-3 letters: am, ar, ay, ma, mo, my, om, or, oy, ya, yo.

+1 letter: armory, mayors, morays.

+2 letters: acronym, almonry, amatory, anymore, armoury, dayroom, harmony, majorly, marrowy, masonry, mayoral, morally, morassy, mortary, oxymora, paronym.

+3 letters: acrimony, acronyms, aeronomy, agrimony, agronomy, amorally, armyworm, boyarism, claymore, cometary, costmary, cramoisy, dayrooms, dormancy, formally, fumatory, kymogram, majority, matronly, mayoress, minatory, molarity, monandry, monarchy, monetary, morality, moratory, mordancy, mortally, mortuary, motorway, myograph, myriapod, nomarchy, normalcy, normally, overmany, paronyms, paroxysm, playroom, pyoderma, ramosely, ramosity, randomly, rosemary, royalism, stramony, sycamore, yeomanry, zymogram.