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mayor

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.

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    superintendent

    English

    Etymology

    From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /?sju?p???n?t?nd?nt/, /?su?p???n?t?nd?nt/

    Noun

    superintendent (plural superintendents)

    1. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
    2. (Commonwealth of Nations) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
    3. The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
    4. The head of a Sunday school.
    5. In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
    6. (chiefly US) A janitor.

    Synonyms

    • manager
    • foreman
    • chief, head, head man
    • controller, comptroller
    • overseer
    • supervisor

    Derived terms

    • supt. (abbreviation)
    • SP (abbreviation)
    • chief superintendent
    • detective superintendent (DSupt)
    • detective chief superintendent (DCS)
    • superintendential

    Related terms

    • superintend
    • superintendency

    Translations

    See also

    • (policing) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)

    Adjective

    superintendent (not comparable)

    1. Overseeing; superintending.

    Romanian

    Etymology

    From German Superintendent

    Noun

    superintendent m (plural superintenden?i)

    1. superintendent

    Declension

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