mayor

• mayour (obsolete)

• Circa 1300 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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ɚ/, /ˈmɛɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛə̯/, /ˈmeɪ.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ), -eɪə(ɹ)
• Homophone: mare (one pronunciation)

mayor (plural mayors, feminine mayoress)

1. 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.
   • 2003, Mary Ruwart, Healing our world in an age of aggression - Page 374

     The Libertarian mayor of Big Water, Utah, recently slashed property taxes in half and even repealed his own salary!

   • 2011, Michael Ryan, The Heart's Location, p 32

     To assist him in his task Paul was joined by Ron Adams, who had been a three-term Libertarian mayor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2. (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France

• (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)
• (royal officer): seneschal, steward

(municipal principal leader):

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

• mayor of the palace
• mayoress (female mayor)
• lord mayor
• lady mayor

• Amory, Moray, Raymo, moray

From Latin māior, māiōris.

mayor (epicene, plural mayores)

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

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”).

• Hyphenation: ma‧yor

mayor

1. a mayor; the leader of a city, or a municipality

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mayor.

Latin maior - major.

mayor

1. major (military rank).

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

mayor

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

From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

mayor

1. great, major

mayor m or f (plural mayores, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of maior

From Latin māior, māiōris.

• IPA^(key): /maˈɟ͡ʝoɾ/, [maˈʝoɾ]
• (Rioplatense) IPA^(key): /maˈʒor/

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mayor (plural mayores)

1. bigger

   Antonym: menor

2. older; elder

   mi novio es mayor que yo

   my boyfriend is older than me

   tengo una hermana mayor

   I've got an elder sister

   Antonym: menor

3. (of a person) old; at an advanced age

   Synonyms: viejo, anciano

4. of age; adult; grown-up

   Cuando sea mayor voy a ser médico

   When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.

   Synonym: mayor de edad

5. major; main

   una preocupación mayor

   a major concern

   la plaza mayor

   the main square

   Antonym: menor

6. head; boss
7. (music) major

   Antonym: menor

8. (as a superlative) the biggest, the oldest

• aguas mayores
• al por mayor
• pasar a mayores
• por mayor

mayor m (plural mayores)

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

mayor f (plural mayores)

1. (nautical) mainsail

• “mayor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.