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mayor \may"or\, n. [OE. maire, F. maire, fr. L. major greater,
higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See
Major, and cf. Merino.]
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief
administrative officer of a municipal corporation. In some
American cities there is a city court of which the major is
chief judge. The post is usually elective, its holder chosen
by the electorate of the entire city.
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n 1: the head of a city government [syn: mayor, {city
manager}]
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burgemeester; burgervader
burgemeester; burgervader; dorpsburgemeester

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бургомистр

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MAYOR, officer. The chief or executive magistrate of a city who bears this
title.

2. It is generally his duty to cause the laws of the city to be
enforced, and to superintend inferior officers, such as constables, watchmen
and the like. But the power and authority which mayors possess being given
to them by local regulations, vary in different places.


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Bürgermeister m
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Schultheiß m [hist.]
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "mayor":
alderman, archon, bailie, burghermaster, burgomaster,
cabinet member, cabinet minister, chancellor, city councilman,
city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councillor,
councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor,
elder, headman, induna, legislator, lord mayor, magistrate, maire,
minister, minister of state, portreeve, reeve, secretary,
secretary of state, selectman, supervisor, syndic, undersecretary,
warden



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