Meaning of mayor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman
2. mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
3. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
4. 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.
5. an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge
6. Ellipsis of mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
7. A variation of brisca for three players, that is played with the forty-card pack of Spanish-suited playing cards.
8. Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
   historical
9. A member of a city council.
   Ireland, obsolete, rare
10. A high justice, an important judge.
    historical, obsolete
11. A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.
    US
12. A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.
    figuratively, humorous

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Examples

“The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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!”

“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!”

“In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.”

“The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.”

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