Mayor
[meə] or ['meɚ]
Definition
(n.) The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.
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Definition
n. the chief magistrate of a city or borough:—fem. May′oress.—adj. May′oral.—ns. May′oralty May′orship the office of a mayor.
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Examples
- My father was the mayor of the village and an honorable man. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Suc-cess to the mayor! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Dine with the Lord Mayor of London (if you can get an invitation) and observe the contrast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He always took an active part in politics, but was never a candidate for office, except, I believe, that he was the first Mayor of Georgetown. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pablo swung his legs down from the table and walked around it to the big chair of the Mayor on the raised platform behind the long council table. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Zachariah Chandler was the candidate of the Whigs for the office of Mayor, and was elected, although the city was then reckoned democratic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tom Johnson saw this as Mayor of Cleveland; he knew that strict law enforcement against saloons, brothels, and gambling houses would not stop vice, but would corrupt the police. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As a matter of fact, a Demarch is a kind of mayor, and really it is too small a title for me, seeing I have a whole island to myself. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He must give this to the General or to the Chief of his Estado Mayor or to another whose name I will write. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They backed the election of a Jacobin as Mayor of Paris. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then the two men looked at us and one said, 'That is the daughter of the Mayor,' and the other said, 'Commence with her. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He will be at the Estado Mayor of the Division. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We are met here to-day for the purpose of choosing a representative in the room of our late--' Here the mayor was interrupted by a voice in the crowd. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Estado Mayor of the Division is a place the General will have picked to set up his organization to command. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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