mayor

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
    — The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.
  2. Ellipsis of mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,historical
  3. Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland. historical
  4. A member of a city council. Ireland,obsolete,rare
  5. A high justice, an important judge. historical,obsolete
  6. A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power. US
  7. A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group. figuratively,humorous
    — In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.

词形变化

mayors plural maiere alternative,obsolete maieur alternative,obsolete mar alternative,obsolete mayere alternative,obsolete meer alternative,obsolete mehir alternative,obsolete meir alternative,obsolete meire alternative,obsolete mer alternative,obsolete mere alternative,obsolete meyhir alternative,obsolete meyr alternative,obsolete maier alternative,obsolete mayer alternative,obsolete mayr alternative,obsolete meyer alternative,obsolete meyre alternative,obsolete maiour alternative,obsolete mair alternative,obsolete maire alternative,obsolete mare alternative,obsolete mayre alternative,obsolete maior alternative,obsolete major alternative,obsolete mawer alternative,obsolete majer alternative,obsolete mayour alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
mayoress burgomaster boroughmaster boroughreeve portreeve provost Lord Provost praetor
下位词
lord mayor mayoress lady mayor
衍生词
lady mayor lord mayor mayoral mayoralty mayor-choosing mayor-corn mayor-council mayordom mayoress mayorhood mayorial mayorlet mayorly mayor-making mayor's banquet mayor's court mayor's feast mayorsfeud mayorship mayor's peer mayor-town mayory supermayor weak mayor

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs
Proto-Italic *magjōs
Latin maior
Old French mairebor.
Middle English maire
English mayor
From Middle English maire, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), a substantivation of Old French maire (“greater”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major. Cognate with Old High German meior (“estate manager, steward, bailiff”) (modern German Meier), Middle Dutch meier (“administrator, steward, bailiff”) (modern Dutch meier). Displaced Old English burgealdor (“a ruler of a city, mayor, citizen”), burhġerēfa (“boroughreeve”), and portġerēfa (“portreeve”).
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