different between mayor vs govern

English

Alternative forms

• mayour (obsolete)

Etymology

• 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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?me?.?/, /?m??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m???/, /?me?.?/
• Rhymes: -??(?), -e??(?)
• Homophone: mare (one pronunciation)

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (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

Hyponyms

(municipal principal leader):

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: mayor
• ? Swahili: meya
• ? Tok Pisin: meya

Translations

Anagrams

• Amory, Moray, Raymo, moray

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin m?ior.

Adjective

mayor (epicene, plural mayores)

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

Cebuano

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?yor

Noun

mayor

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mayor.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin maior (“major”).

Noun

mayor

1. major (military rank).

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch majoor, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?maj?r]
• Hyphenation: ma?yor

Noun

mayor (plural mayor-mayor, first-person possessive mayorku, second-person possessive mayormu, third-person possessive mayornya)

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

Alternative forms

• mejar (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Adjective

mayor

1. major.

   Synonyms: besar, utama

   Antonym: minor

Related terms

Further reading

• “mayor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

Adjective

mayor

1. great, major

Portuguese

Adjective

mayor m or f (plural mayores, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of maior

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin maior.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mayor (plural mayores)

1. comparative degree of grande: bigger

   Antonym: menor

2. comparative degree of viejo: older; elder

   Antonym: menor

3. (of a person) comparative degree of viejo: old; at an advanced age

   Synonyms: viejo, anciano

4. of age; adult; grown-up

   Synonym: mayor de edad

5. major; main

   Antonym: menor

6. head; boss
7. (music) major

   Antonym: menor

8. (as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor) superlative degree of grande: the biggest
9. (as a superlative) superlative degree of viejo: the oldest
10. enhanced

Derived terms

Noun

mayor m (plural mayores)

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

Noun

mayor f (plural mayores)

1. (nautical) mainsail

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubern?, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kuberná?, “I steer, drive, govern”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???v?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v?n/
• Hyphenation: gov?ern
• Rhymes: -?v?(?)n

Verb

govern (third-person singular simple present governs, present participle governing, simple past and past participle governed)

1. (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

2. (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
   • 2016, Justin Deschamps, Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else.

     Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else.

3. (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

4. (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

5. (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
6. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
7. (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Related terms

• government
• governance
• governor
• governess

Translations

Noun

govern (plural governs)

1. The act of governing

Catalan

Etymology

From the verb governar, or possibly from Late Latin gubernus or gubernius, from Latin gubernum or gubern?.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?o?v??n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?u?b?rn/

Noun

govern m (plural governs)

1. government

Related terms

• governar

References

Further reading

• “govern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “govern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “govern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.