Associations to the word «Mayor»

Wiktionary

MAYOR, noun. 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.
MAYOR, noun. By restriction, a male municipal leader
MAYOR, noun. (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
MAYOR, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

MAYOR, noun. The head of a city government.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats