may·or·ess

(mā′ər-ĭs, mâr′ĭs)

1. A woman serving as the head of government of a city, town, borough, or municipal corporation. See Usage Note at -ess.

2. The wife of a mayor.

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mayoress

(ˈmɛərɪs)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly Brit the wife of a mayor

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a female mayor

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

may•or•ess

(ˈmeɪ ər ɪs, ˈmɛər ɪs)

n.

1. a woman who is the chief executive of a municipality.

2. a mayor's wife.

[1400–50]

usage: See -ess.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	mayoress - the wife of a mayor married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
	2.	mayoress - a woman mayor city manager, mayor - the head of a city government

Translations

رَئيسَة البَلَدِيَّهزوجَة رئيس البلديَّه

manželka starostystarostka

borgmesterborgmesterfrue

Bürgermeisterin

maire

gradonačelnica

polgármesterné

borgar-/bæjarstÿraeiginkona borgar-/bæjarstjóra

moglie di sindaco

kona til borgermesteren kvinnelig borgermester

manželka starostustarostka

županja

bayan belediye reisibelediye reisinin eşi

女市长市长夫人

mayoress

[ˈmɛəres] (Brit) N (= lady mayor, wife of mayor) → alcaldesa f, intendente f (S. Cone, Mex), regente f (Mex)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mayoress

[ˌmɛərˈɛs] n

(= female mayor) → mairesse f, maire f

(= mayor's wife) → mairesse f, épouse f du maire

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mayoress

n → Frau f → Bürgermeister; (= lady mayor) → Bürgermeisterin f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mayoress

[ˈmɛərɛs] n (wife) → moglie f del sindaco; (holding office) → sindaco (donna)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mayor

(meə) , ((American) ˈmeiər) noun

(especially in England, Ireland and the United States) the chief public official of a city, town or borough.

ˈmayoress noun

1. a mayor's wife. The mayor and mayoress attended the dinner.

2. a female mayor. She has just been elected mayoress.

lord mayor

in Britain the mayor of some capital and other cities. The Lord Mayor of London.

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References in classic literature

Mayoress and her two daughters to the house to see my old nurse, and to see her school and the children.

Mayoress did not stop there, but giving me my work again, she put her hand in her pocket, gave me a shilling, and bid me mind my work, and learn to work well, and I might be a gentlewoman for aught she knew.

Mayoress, and all the rest of them did not understand me at all, for they meant one sort of thing by the word gentlewoman, and I meant quite another; for alas!

Mayoress was gone, her two daughters came in, and they called for the gentlewoman too, and they talked a long while to me, and I answered them in my innocent way; but always, if they asked me whether I resolved to be a gentlewoman, I answered Yes.

I was no sooner carried away, as I have said, by this good gentlewoman, but the first lady, that is to say, the Mayoress that was, sent her two daughters to take care of me; and another family which had taken notice of me when I was the little gentlewoman, and had given me work to do, sent for me after her, so that I was mightily made of, as we say; nay, and they were not a little angry, especially madam the Mayoress, that her friend had taken me away from her, as she called it; for, as she said, I was hers by right, she having been the first that took any notice of me.

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The delight of the Nobility and Gentry shorn of a bonnet which a Lady Mayoress might have sighed to wear, and arrayed in a white sheet as a spectacle of mortification and humility!

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Bushra Bi, who is lady mayoress and consort to her father Mohammed Azim, criticised Conservative councillor Deirdre Alden (Edgbaston) over "unprofessional" comments she made in the wake of a what Cllr Alden described as a "shambolic" full council meeting last month.

Call for critic who blasted lord mayor to apologise; Row over 'shambolic' meeting

A FORMER Mayoress and founder member of Tamworth charity Community Together CIC has died, aged 69.

Former mayoress and charity founder dies at age of 69; FAMILY PAYS TRIBUTE TO A 'BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING MUM, NANNY AND SISTER-IN-LAW'

The Mayor will attend hundreds of events over the coming 12 months with her Mayoress, sister Helen Johnson.

Brenda Seaton appointed borough's first citizen

| For more information about the school visit www.liverpooltheatreschool.co.uk RNLI New Brighton recently welcomed the Mayor of Wirral councillor Geoffrey Watt and Mayoress Anne Watt, to their open day.

Jodie's starring role at school graduation

Kirklees Mayor and Mayoress Clr Jim and Carol Dodds at the summer fair at Longroyds and Pilling House care home in Skelmanthorpe KIRKLEES Mayor and Mayoress Clr Jim and Carol Dodds were guests of honour at the summer fair at Longroyds and Pilling House care home in Skelmanthorpe.

AMAZING ENTERTAINMENT AT CARE HOME FAIR

He addressed town councillors and members of the public for the first time in a ceremony on Friday night and thanked the previous Mayor and Mayoress for their hard work and support over the last two years.

New Mayor puts town spirit first