mayor

Plural

mayors

1. 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.

   • The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.
   • When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse. I could be a mayor of a city instead.
   • While Buckley would later privately describe Chicago's Mayor Daley as a Fascist, he was not willing to let Vidal use the police to vindicate the demonstrators, who, in Buckley's mind, had provoked much of the violence.

2. 2.A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.

3. 3.A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.(humorous)

   • The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.
   • In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.

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Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

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Word family

• may