mayornoun [ C ]
uk/meər/us/mer/B2 a person who is elected or chosen to lead the group who governs a town or city
Examples
- The prime minister met many civic leaders, including the mayor and the leaders of the immigrant communities.
- We need a mayor who is tough enough to clean up this town.
- The mayor has promised to cleanse the city of drug dealers .
- The mayor and the city council are anxious to avoid getting entangled in the controversy.
- They were flattered to be invited to dinner by the mayor.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
UK politics: local government & politics
- alderman
- authority
- borough
- canton
- city council
- city fathers
- city hall
- councilman
- councilwoman
- county borough
- county council
- development area
- municipality
- parochial
- prefecture
- principal area
- shire
- South Yorkshire
- the North-South divide
- town meeting
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mayoral
adjective uk/ˈmeə.rəl/us/ˈmeɪ.ɔːr.əl/
mayoral duties