单词 | mayoral |
释义 | mayoraln.ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > conveyance by pack-animals > one who sumpterc1290 mayoral1598 sumpter boya1616 packer1694 packhorse man1725 cargador1811 packman1828 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 136 A Harbenger, and a Mayorall, which goeth with euery thousand beasts. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. ii. 85 The Master Gunner..is..to command all the inferior Gunners, Clerkes, Harbengers, Maiorals, Gill-Masters and other depending vpon the Ordnance. 2. Esp. in Spain: any of various officials, esp. (a) the conductor in charge of a stagecoach (now historical); (b) the manager or foreman of a cattle ranch. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > specific stagecoach employees stage-coachman1756 guard1788 mayoral1834 station agent1840 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd > type of sheep-reeve1450 page1590 shepherdling1605 under-shepherda1640 lad1717 lamber1809 mayoral1879 hurdle-man1880 motherer1890 rouser1896 rousie1906 boundary-keeper1933 1834 H. W. Longfellow Outre-Mer ii. 207 Here our conversation was cut short by the mayoral of the diligence. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 18 The ‘Mayoral’ or ‘conductor’..is responsible for the whole conduct of the journey. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 149 A mayoral or chief shepherd at their head. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse III. viii. lxi. 1013 She alighted at the Puerta de Hierro and gave the mayoral fifteen reales ten maravedís. 1957 R. Campbell Portugal 108 Next to the owner of the ranch, the mayoral is the chief manager. 1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 49 The mayoral explains the accident to the astillado when questioned by the picador. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mayoraladj. Relating to a mayor or mayoralty. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [adjective] > relating to mayor mayoral1699 mayorial1854 1699 J. Swift Let. to Winder 13 Jan. in Wks. (1803) XV. 20 I was at his mayoral feast. 1703 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 181 I hope Randall carries a hat for Edward Shippen of a mayoral size. 1869 Daily News 30 Mar. The Mayoral order was that certain leading thoroughfares were to be closed. 1885 Standard 14 Apr. 5/2 Mr. Alderman Fowler, M.P., has consented to serve for the remainder of the Mayoral year. 1903 Daily Chron. 31 Mar. 8/1 Payment of £500 per annum to [the] former mayor of the borough, [as] a mayoral purse to reimburse him for the expenses connected with the office. 1967 W. Golding Pyramid (1969) 90 We had no ritual but mayoral processions. 1986 Boston Globe 28 May 18/3 Flynn is vacationing in Ireland and is expected back this week, mayoral aides said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598adj.1699 |
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