Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mayor"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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 officer
of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is
a city court of which the major is chief judge.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mayor
n : the head of a city government [syn: {city manager}]


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