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mayoress

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may·or·ess  (mr-s, mârs)
n.
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.

mayoress [ˈmɛərɪs]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Chiefly Brit the wife of a mayor
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a female mayor
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mayoress - the wife of a mayor
married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
2.mayoress - a woman mayormayoress - a woman mayor                        
city manager, mayor - the head of a city government
Translations
mayoress [ˈmɛəres] (Brit) N (= lady mayor, wife of mayor) → alcaldesa f, intendente f (S. Cone, Mex), regente f (Mex)
mayoress [ˌmɛərˈɛs] n
(= female mayor) → mairesse f, maire f
(= mayor's wife) → mairesse f, épouse f du maire
mayoress
nFrau fBürgermeister; (= lady mayor)Bürgermeisterin f
mayoress [ˈmɛərɛs] n (wife) → moglie f del sindaco; (holding office) → sindaco (donna)


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