mayor

mayor

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English

Alternative forms

  • maiere, maieur, mar, mayere, meer, mehir, meir, meire, mer, mere, meyhir, meyr, maier, mayer, mayr, meyer, meyre, maiour, mair, maire, mare, mayre, maior, major, mawer, majer, mayour (obsolete)

Etymology

Circa 1300; from Middle English maire, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”) (13th century), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛə/, (uncommon) /ˈmeɪ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.əɹ/, /ˈmɛɹ/
  • Homophone: mare (monosyllabic form)
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ), -eɪə(ɹ)

Noun

mayor (plural mayors)

  1. 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.
  2. (historical) Short for mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.
  3. (historical) Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
  4. (Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.
  5. (historical, obsolete) A high justice, an important judge.
  6. (chiefly US) A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.
  7. (figurative, humorous) A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.
    • 1902 May 22, Westminster Gazette, p. 2:
      In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.
    • 1982, Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street:
      The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.

Synonyms

  • (female, when distinguished): mayoress
  • (head of a town): burgomaster, boroughmaster (historical, of boroughs); provost (of Scottish burghs & historical French bourgs); Lord Provost (of certain Scottish burghs); praetor (archaic)

Hyponyms

(municipal principal leader):

  • mayor, lord mayor, Lord Mayor (male mayor)
  • mayoress, lady mayor, Lady Mayor (female mayor)

Derived terms

  • lady mayor
  • lord mayor
  • mayoral, mayorial
  • mayoralty
  • mayor-choosing
  • mayor-corn
  • mayor-council
  • mayoress (female mayor)
  • mayorhood
  • mayorlet
  • mayor-making
  • mayor's banquet
  • mayor's court
  • mayor's feast
  • mayorsfeud
  • mayorship
  • mayor's peer
  • mayor-town
  • mayory
  • weak mayor

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: mayor
  • → Swahili: meya
  • → Tok Pisin: meya

Translations

References

  • “mayor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Anagrams

  • Amory, Moray, Raymo, moray

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin māior.

Adjective

mayor (epicene, plural mayores)

  1. old
  2. older
  3. (music) major

Cebuano

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English mayor, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧yor
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeijoɾ/ [ˈmiɪ.oɾ̪]

Noun

mayor

  1. mayor
    Synonym: alkalde

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:mayor.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin maior (“major”).

Noun

mayor

  1. major (military rank).

Declension

References

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch majoor, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmajɔr]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧yor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

mayor (plural mayor-mayor, first-person possessive mayorku, second-person possessive mayormu, third-person possessive mayornya)

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

Alternative forms

  • mejar (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Adjective

mayor

  1. major.
    Synonyms: besar, utama
    Antonym: minor

Alternative forms

  • majeur (unadapted borrowing)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “mayor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

Noun

mayor

  1. parent

See also

  • mayó
  • mayo

Adjective

mayor

  1. great, major

Portuguese

Adjective

mayor m or f (plural mayores)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maior.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧yor

Adjective

mayor m or f (masculine and feminine plural mayores)

  1. comparative degree of grande: bigger
    Antonym: menor
  2. comparative degree of viejo: older; elder
    Antonym: menor
  3. (of a person) comparative degree of viejo: old; at an advanced age
    Synonyms: viejo, anciano
  4. of age; adult; grown-up
    Synonym: mayor de edad
  5. major; main
    Antonym: menor
  6. head; boss
  7. (music) major
    Antonym: menor
  8. (as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor) superlative degree of grande: the biggest
  9. (as a superlative) superlative degree of viejo: the oldest
  10. enhanced

Derived terms

Noun

mayor m (plural mayores)

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

Derived terms

Noun

mayor f (plural mayores)

  1. (nautical) mainsail

Further reading

  • “mayor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Sundanese

Noun

mayor

  1. picnic

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior. Doublet of meyor and medyor.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈjoɾ/ [mɐˈjoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧yor

Adjective

mayór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. main; principal
    Synonym: pangunahin
  2. major
    Synonym: medyor
    1. greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest
    2. greater in number, quantity, or extent
Related terms
See also

Etymology 2

See meyor.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmeoɾ/ [ˈmɛː.oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eoɾ

Noun

mayor (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of meyor

Further reading

  • “mayor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “mayor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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