mayor

Meaning

Noun

• The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
• The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France

Related

Similar words

• mayoress
• burgomaster, boroughmaster ; provost ; Lord Provost ; praetor
• seneschal, steward

Narrower meaning words

• mayor, lord mayor, Lord Mayor
• mayoress, lady mayor, Lady Mayor

Origin

• 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. major.