mayor
English
/ˈmeɪ.ɚ/, /ˈmɛə̯/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French maire (head of a city town government) derived from Latin maior (greater, bigger, superior, larger, major).
Origin
Latin
maior
Gloss
greater, bigger, superior, larger, major
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mayoral English
- mayorally English
- mayordom English
- mayoress English
- mayorial English
- mayorly English
- mayorship English
- nonmayoral English
- supermayor English
- Maiorica Latin
- maior Latin
- māior Latin
- māiōrem, māior, maior Latin
- Majestät German
- Major German
- Meier German
- Meierei German
- Meijer Dutch, Flemish
- maire French
- major French
- майор Russian
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- major Swedish
- méara Irish
- mejeri Danish
- maire Old French
- major Catalan, Valencian
- मेयर Hindi
- mayor Cebuano
- maire Norman
- meya Swahili
- màger Occitan
- *magjōs Proto-Italic
- meya Tok Pisin
- mayor Crimean Tatar