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See also:Mayor

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmaire, fromOld Frenchmaire(“head of a city or town government”), a substantivation ofOld Frenchmaire(“greater”), fromLatinmaior(“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative ofmagnus(“big, great”).Doublet ofmajor. Cognate withOld High Germanmeior(“estate manager, steward, bailiff”) (modernGermanMeier),Middle Dutchmeier(“administrator, steward, bailiff”) (modernDutchmeier).DisplacedOld Englishburgealdor(“a ruler of a city, mayor, citizen”),burhġerēfa(“boroughreeve”), andportġerēfa(“portreeve”).

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mayor (pluralmayors)

  1. Thechief executive of themunicipalgovernment of acity,borough, etc.,formerly(historical)usuallyappointed as acaretaker byEuropeanroyalcourts butnowusuallyappointed orelectedlocally.
    • 1907 Sept. 12,The Nation, page222:
      The office ofmayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.
    • 1966 Mar. 31,Lyndon B. Johnson,Remarks before the National Legislative Conference of the National League of Cities:
      When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse—I could be amayor of a city instead.
    • 1988, John B. Judis,William F. Buckley Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives, pagep. 291:
      WhileBuckley would later privately describeChicago'sMayorDaley as a Fascist, he was not willing to letVidal use the police to vindicate the demonstrators, who, in Buckley's mind, had provoked much ofthe violence.
    • 1993 Dec. 16,Bill Oakleyet al., “"$pringfield"”, inThe Simpsons, season 5, episode10:
      Quimby: I propose that I use what's left of the town treasury to move to a more prosperous town and run formayor and once selected I will send for the rest of you.
      All:Boo!
    • 2006, Ed Burnset al., “"Soft Eyes"”, inThe Wire, season 4, episode 2:
      Carver: What the helld'you say to him?
      Hauk: I said "MrMayor that's a good strong dick you've got there and I see you know how to use it." I didn't say shit!
  2. (historical)Ellipsis ofmayor of the palace, theroyalstewards of theFrankishEmpire.
  3. (historical)Synonym ofmair,variousformerofficials in theKingdom ofScotland.
  4. (Ireland, rare, obsolete) Amember of acity council.
  5. (historical, obsolete) Ahighjustice, animportantjudge.
  6. (chiefly US) Alargelyceremonialposition insomemunicipalgovernments thatpresides over thecity council while acontractedcity managerholdsactualexecutivepower.
  7. (figurative, humorous) AlocalVIP, amuckamuck orbig shotreckoned toleadsomelocalgroup.

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Hyponyms

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(municipal principal leader):

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Descendants

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Translations

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leader of a city

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Etymology

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FromLatinmaior.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈʝoɾ/[maˈʝoɾ]
  • Rhymes:-oɾ
  • Syllabification:ma‧yor

Adjective

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mayor (epicene,pluralmayores)

  1. old
  2. older
  3. (music)major
    Synonym:menor

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈjoɾ/ [mɐˈjoɾ̪]
  • Hyphenation:ma‧yor

Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromSpanishmayor, fromLatinmaior.

Noun

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mayór (Badlit spellingᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. major
    Synonym:medyor

Adjective

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mayór (Badlit spellingᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. major
    Synonym:kinalabwan

Etymology 2

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Pseudo-Hispanism, derived fromEnglishmayor. The Spanish word for“mayor” would bealcalde.

Noun

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mayór (Badlit spellingᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. mayor
    Synonym:alkalde
    • 2018 June 29, “Video nga Gi-upload 'Pagpanaut' kang Luigi”, inSuperBalita Cebu:
      Gihulagway sa tigpamaba ni Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing nga black propaganda aron pagdaot sa imahe samayor ang tuyo sa usa ka online post diin nagpakita sa mga babaye nga nag-party ug nagsayawsayaw sa yate uban sa opisyal.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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FromLatinmaior(“major”).

Noun

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mayor

  1. major(military rank).

Declension

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Declension ofmayor
nominativemayor
genitivemayornıñ
dativemayorğa
accusativemayornı
locativemayorda
ablativemayordan

References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002),Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya,→ISBN

Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromDutchmajoor, fromSpanishmayor, fromLatinmaior.

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mayor (pluralmayor-mayor)

  1. major (military rank inIndonesian Army)
  2. lieutenant commander (military rank inIndonesian Navy)
  3. squadron leader (military rank inIndonesian Air Force)

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Adjective

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mayor (comparativelebih mayor,superlativepaling mayor)

  1. major
    Synonyms:besar,utama
    Antonym:minor

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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FromSpanishmayor andPortuguesemaior.

Noun

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mayor

  1. parent

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Adjective

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mayor

  1. great,major

Portuguese

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Adjective

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mayor m orf (pluralmayores)

  1. obsolete spelling ofmaior

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinmaior.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈʝoɾ/[maˈʝoɾ]

Adjective

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mayor m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmayores)

  1. comparative degree ofgrande:bigger
    Antonym:menor
  2. comparative degree ofviejo:older;elder
    Antonym:menor
    mi novio esmayor que yo
    my boyfriend isolder than me
    tengo una hermanamayor
    I've got anelder sister
  3. (of a person)comparative degree ofviejo:old; at an advanced age
    Synonyms:viejo,anciano
  4. of age;adult;grown-up
    Synonym:mayor de edad
    Cuando (yo) seamayor voy a ser médico
    When I'mgrown-up, I want to be a doctor.
  5. major;main
    Antonym:menor
    una preocupaciónmayor
    amajor concern
    la plazamayor
    themain square
  6. head;boss
  7. (music)major
    Antonym:menor
  8. (as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor)superlative degree ofgrande: thebiggest
  9. (as a superlative)superlative degree ofviejo: theoldest
  10. enhanced

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Noun

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mayor m (pluralmayores)

  1. (military)major(military rank)
  2. boss;head
  3. (literary, in theplural)ancestors
  4. old person

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Noun

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mayor f (pluralmayores)

  1. (nautical)mainsail

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Sundanese

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Noun

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mayor

  1. picnic

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishmayor, fromLatinmaior.Doublet ofmeyor andmedyor.

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mayór (Baybayin spellingᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. main;principal
    Synonym:pangunahin
  2. major
    Synonym:medyor
    1. greater indignity,rank,importance,significance, orinterest
    2. greater innumber,quantity, orextent

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Further reading

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  • “mayor”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
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