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Mayor - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Mayor : (noun)
1: the head of a city government [syn: city manager]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Mayor : \May"or\, n. [OE. maire, F. maire, fr. L. major greater,
higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See
Major, and cf. Merino.]
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer
of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is
a city court of which the major is chief judge.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MAYOR, officer. The chief or executive magistrate of a city who bears this
title.
2. It is generally his duty to cause the laws of the city to be
enforced, and to superintend inferior officers, such as constables, watchmen
and the like. But the power and authority which mayors possess being given
to them by local regulations, vary in different places.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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