'mayor' definitions:
Definition of 'mayor'
(from WordNet)
noun
The head of a city government [syn: mayor, city manager]
Definition of 'mayor'
From: GCIDE
- 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 administrative officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge. The post is usually elective, its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mayor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alderman,
- archon,
- bailie,
- burghermaster,
- burgomaster,
- cabinet member,
- cabinet minister,
- chancellor,
- city councilman,
- city father,
- city manager,
- commissar,
- commissioner,
- councillor,
- councilman,
- councilwoman,
- county commissioner,
- county supervisor,
- elder,
- headman,
- induna,
- legislator,
- lord mayor,
- magistrate,
- maire,
- minister,
- minister of state,
- portreeve,
- reeve,
- secretary,
- secretary of state,
- selectman,
- supervisor,
- syndic,
- undersecretary,
- warden