mayor
∞
1.7
- noun
- /ˈmeɪər/
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- The mayor wants foot patrols in the city.
- a deputy mayor
- mayor's office
- a city mayor
Jinx became the first cat to serve as the mayor of Hell, Michigan.
- Jinx became the first cat to serve as the mayor of Hell, Michigan.
- Thank you so much, Mayor Carmen Julene Cruz.
- And now, please welcome the mayor of Echo Park.
- and I go to the mayor and the mayor likes my idea.
- What you find is Camden's mayor in the pocket of George Norcross.
- So myself and Mayor Mike Rollins had to get it right.
- That's right, you get to be the mayor of Hell.
Examples
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Due to the structure of the city charter, the mayor has almost complete control of the streets.
Academic text (2011) -
You are gonna be the next mayor of New York City.
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Boy, was the mayor mad.
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And Mike Bloomberg was the mayor of New York for three terms.
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The mayor is standing onstage behind me.
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The mayor's stopping by to pick up a check.
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Behind the town hall was a neat little house where the mayor lived with her Siamese cat.
Fiction book (1992) -
When she left the council, she became the mayor's policy adviser on homelessness.
Academic text (2011) -
"New Yorkers have waited nearly 10 years for this news," said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Academic text (2011) -
The mayor of Seattle announced new initiatives to improve public transportation in the city.
Synonyms
109
3.0
A person who holds public office after winning an election
3
9.9
A local official in a village or town in the past who collected taxes and kept order
1
9.9
A person who is the mayor of a town in countries like Germany or the Netherlands
Compounds
How Powerful
216
2.3
- UK
12
5.0
- UK
3
3.7
∞
2.9
∞
1.7
- US
5
3.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mayor comes from the old Latin word maior, which means 'greater' and is the same root as the English word major. So a mayor is the town's 'greater' person — the chosen head or leader of a city.