mayordomn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛːdəm/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪərdəm/

Forms: see mayor n. and -dom suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mayor n., -dom suffix.

Etymology: < mayor n. + -dom suffix. Compare earlier mayoralty n., mayorship n.

Now rare.

The position or office of mayor; the jurisdiction of a mayor. Also Scottish: the position or office of mair; the jurisdiction of a mair (see mayor n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > position of

mayoralty1387

portreeveship1467

mayorship1476

mayorhood1556

mayordom1566

mayoraltyship1582

chair1682

Lord Mayoralty1763

1566 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1886) IV. 46 Terras de Assent..lie mairdome et Farrindonald, vic. Invernes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mairerie, a Maiordome; the office, or place of a Mayor; also, his iurisdiction, or the precincts thereof.

1635 in C. Rogers Earl of Stirling's Reg. Royal Lett. (1885) II. 849 Ane heretable office called the mairdome of Rosse.

1872 C. Innes Lect. Sc. Legal Antiq. ii. 78 We had numerous mairdoms or subdivisions of sheriffdoms, and several mairs of fee, that is, hereditary mairs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mayordom
释义	mayordomn. Brit. /ˈmɛːdəm/, U.S. /ˈmeɪərdəm/ Forms: see mayor n. and -dom suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mayor n., -dom suffix. Etymology: < mayor n. + -dom suffix. Compare earlier mayoralty n., mayorship n. Now rare. The position or office of mayor; the jurisdiction of a mayor. Also Scottish: the position or office of mair; the jurisdiction of a mair (see mayor n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > position of mayoralty1387 portreeveship1467 mayorship1476 mayorhood1556 mayordom1566 mayoraltyship1582 chair1682 Lord Mayoralty1763 1566 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1886) IV. 46 Terras de Assent..lie mairdome et Farrindonald, vic. Invernes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mairerie, a Maiordome; the office, or place of a Mayor; also, his iurisdiction, or the precincts thereof. 1635 in C. Rogers Earl of Stirling's Reg. Royal Lett. (1885) II. 849 Ane heretable office called the mairdome of Rosse. 1872 C. Innes Lect. Sc. Legal Antiq. ii. 78 We had numerous mairdoms or subdivisions of sheriffdoms, and several mairs of fee, that is, hereditary mairs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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