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Hizzoner, n. orig. U.S. (chiefly humorous).
Brit. |hɪˈzɒnə|, U.S. |hɪˈzɑnər|
Forms: 18– Hizzoner, 19– Hizoner, 19– Hizonner, 19– Hizzonner [Also with lower-case initial.]
[Representing a rapid pronunciation of his honour (see honour n. 4b).]
(A title for) the mayor of an American city. Also in extended use. Cf. m'lud n.
1882Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gaz. 21 Dec. 6/2 An old lady from the country was taken in out of the wet, yesterday afternoon, and with permission of Hizzoner will return home to-day. 1928W. Winchell in N.Y. Evening Graphic 18 Apr. 21 Swindling Hizzoner. 1945E. Stevens Russia is No Riddle xx. 231 It was evident that the Soviet military authorities had no high opinion of ‘Hizzonner’... But if the Jews of Botosani wanted a German mayor, so far as the Russians were concerned, they were welcome to him. 1972P. Kimball Disconnected ix. 173 The Lindsay people claimed they had seen..unfriendly cops spearing Hizzoner's picture right off the boarded buildings. 1994Minnesota Monthly July 146/1 (caption) She was joined by the mayor of Brooklyn Park, hizzoner Jesse Ventura. 2001U.S. News & World Rep. 19 Mar. 28/2 Crime fell 16 percent from 1999 to 2000 (hizzoner's goal is a 20 percent annual drop). |